Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. thy Daphnis—Daphnis to the stars extol,
  2. for me too Daphnis loved.
MOPSUS
  1. Than such a boon
  2. what dearer could I deem? the boy himself
  3. was worthy to be sung, and many a time
  4. hath Stimichon to me your singing praised.
MENALCAS
  1. “In dazzling sheen with unaccustomed eyes
  2. daphnis stands rapt before Olympus' gate,
  3. and sees beneath his feet the clouds and stars.
  4. Wherefore the woods and fields, Pan, shepherd-folk,