Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. on a green beech-tree's rind, playing by turns,
  2. and marking down the notes; then afterward
  3. 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,
  3. so, to my mind, Amyntas yields to you.
  4. But hold awhile, for to the cave we come.