Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. around these altars do thine image bear:
  2. uneven numbers are the god's delight.
  3. Now, Amaryllis, ply in triple knots
  4. the threefold colours; ply them fast, and say
  5. this is the chain of Venus that I ply.