Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. descend in floods of fertilizing rain.”
CORYDON
  1. “The poplar doth Alcides hold most dear,
  2. the vine Iacchus, Phoebus his own bays,
  3. and Venus fair the myrtle: therewithal
  4. phyllis doth hazels love, and while she loves,
  5. myrtle nor bay the hazel shall out-vie.”