Eclogues

Virgil

Vergil. The Poems of Vergil. Rhoades, James, translator. London: Oxford University Press, 1921.

  1. good Mopsus, whether minded to sing aught
  2. of Phyllis and her loves, or Alcon's praise,
  3. or to fling taunts at Codrus. Come, begin,
  4. while Tityrus watches o'er the grazing kids.
MOPSUS
  1. Nay, then, I will essay what late I carved
  2. on a green beech-tree's rind, playing by turns,
  3. and marking down the notes; then afterward
  4. bid you Amyntas match them if he can.
MENALCAS
  1. As limber willow to pale olive yields,
  2. as lowly Celtic nard to rose-buds bright,