Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. with evil omen blight the coming bard.”
CORYDON
  1. “This bristling boar's head, Delian Maid, to thee,
  2. with branching antlers of a sprightly stag,
  3. young Micon offers: if his luck but hold,
  4. full-length in polished marble, ankle-bound
  5. with purple buskin, shall thy statue stand.”
THYRSIS
  1. “A bowl of milk, Priapus, and these cakes,
  2. yearly, it is enough for thee to claim;
  3. thou art the guardian of a poor man's plot.