Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. thou scornest, and with loathing dost behold
  2. my shepherd's pipe, my goats, my shaggy brow,
  3. and untrimmed beard, nor deem'st that any god
  4. for mortal doings hath regard or care.
  5. Once with your mother, in our orchard-garth,
  6. a little maid I saw you—I your guide—
  7. plucking the dewy apples. My twelfth year
  8. I scarce had entered, and could barely reach