Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. “Ash in the forest is most beautiful,
  2. pine in the garden, poplar by the stream,
  3. fir on the mountain-height; but if more oft
  4. thou'ldst come to me, fair Lycidas, to thee
  5. both forest-ash, and garden-pine should bow.”
MELIBOEUS
  1. These I remember, and how Thyrsis strove
  2. for victory in vain. From that time forth
  3. is Corydon still Corydon with us.
  1. of Damon and Alphesiboeus now,
  2. those shepherd-singers at whose rival strains
  3. the heifer wondering forgot to graze,
  4. the lynx stood awe-struck, and the flowing streams,
  5. unwonted loiterers, stayed their course to hear—
  6. how Damon and Alphesiboeus sang
  7. their pastoral ditties, will I tell the tale.
  8. Thou, whether broad Timavus' rocky banks
  9. thou now art passing, or dost skirt the shore
  10. of the Illyrian main,—will ever dawn
  11. that day when I thy deeds may celebrate,
  12. ever that day when through the whole wide world