Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. more cruel, mother, or more ruthless he?
  2. Ruthless the boy, thou, mother, cruel too.
  3. Now let the wolf turn tail and fly the sheep,
  4. tough oaks bear golden apples, alder-trees
  5. bloom with narcissus-flower, the tamarisk