Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. griffins with mares, and in the coming age
  2. shy deer and hounds together come to drink.
  3. Now, Mopsus, cut new torches, for they bring
  4. your bride along; now, bridegroom, scatter nuts:
  5. forsaking Oeta mounts the evening star!
  6. O worthy of thy mate, while all men else
  7. thou scornest, and with loathing dost behold