Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. and sees beneath his feet the clouds and stars.
  2. Wherefore the woods and fields, Pan, shepherd-folk,
  3. and Dryad-maidens, thrill with eager joy;
  4. nor wolf with treacherous wile assails the flock,
  5. nor nets the stag: kind Daphnis loveth peace.
  6. The unshorn mountains to the stars up-toss
  7. voices of gladness; ay, the very rocks,
  8. the very thickets, shout and sing, ‘A god,
  9. a god is he, Menalcas’ Be thou kind,