Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. twain to thee, Daphnis, and to Phoebus twain
  2. for sacrifice, we build; and I for thee
  3. two beakers yearly of fresh milk afoam,
  4. and of rich olive-oil two bowls, will set;
  5. and of the wine-god's bounty above all,
  6. if cold, before the hearth, or in the shade
  7. at harvest-time, to glad the festal hour,