Eclogues
Virgil
Vergil. The Poems of Vergil. Rhoades, James, translator. London: Oxford University Press, 1921.
- ranked with thy master, second but to him.
- Yet will I, too, in turn, as best I may,
- sing thee a song, and to the stars uplift
- thy Daphnis—Daphnis to the stars extol,
- for me too Daphnis loved.
- Than such a boon
- what dearer could I deem? the boy himself