Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. drank of the river, or would the grass-blade touch.
  2. Nay, the wild rocks and woods then voiced the roar
  3. of Afric lions mourning for thy death.
  4. Daphnis, 'twas thou bad'st yoke to Bacchus' car
  5. armenian tigresses, lead on the pomp
  6. of revellers, and with tender foliage wreathe
  7. the bending spear-wands. As to trees the vine