Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. brooked not the tuneful reed should idle lie.
  2. Nysa to Mopsus given! what may not then
  3. we lovers look for? soon shall we see mate
  4. griffins with mares, and in the coming age
  5. shy deer and hounds together come to drink.
  6. Now, Mopsus, cut new torches, for they bring
  7. your bride along; now, bridegroom, scatter nuts:
  8. forsaking Oeta mounts the evening star!
  9. O worthy of thy mate, while all men else
  10. thou scornest, and with loathing dost behold
  11. my shepherd's pipe, my goats, my shaggy brow,
  12. and untrimmed beard, nor deem'st that any god
  13. for mortal doings hath regard or care.
  14. Once with your mother, in our orchard-garth,
  15. a little maid I saw you—I your guide—
  16. plucking the dewy apples. My twelfth year