Eclogues Virgil Vergil. The Poems of Vergil. Rhoades, James, translator. London: Oxford University Press, 1921. and deign around thy temples to let creepthis ivy-chaplet 'twixt the conquering bays.Scarce had night's chilly shade forsook the skywhat time to nibbling sheep the dewy grasstastes sweetest, when, on his smooth shepherd-staffof olive leaning, Damon thus began.