Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. twice to the milking-pail, and feeds withal
  2. two young ones at her udder: say you now
  3. what you will stake upon the match with me.
MENALCAS
  1. Naught from the flock I'll venture, for at home
  2. I have a father and a step-dame harsh,
  3. and twice a day both reckon up the flock,
  4. and one withal the kids. But I will stake,
  5. seeing you are so mad, what you yourself
  6. will own more priceless far—two beechen cups