Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. the brittle boughs. I looked, and I was lost;
  2. a sudden frenzy swept my wits away.
  3. Now know I what Love is: 'mid savage rocks
  4. tmaros or Rhodope brought forth the boy,
  5. or Garamantes in earth's utmost bounds—
  6. no kin of ours, nor of our blood begot.
  7. Fierce Love it was once steeled a mother's heart