Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. phyllis doth hazels love, and while she loves,
  2. myrtle nor bay the hazel shall out-vie.”
THYRSIS
  1. “Ash in the forest is most beautiful,
  2. pine in the garden, poplar by the stream,
  3. fir on the mountain-height; but if more oft
  4. thou'ldst come to me, fair Lycidas, to thee
  5. both forest-ash, and garden-pine should bow.”
MELIBOEUS
  1. These I remember, and how Thyrsis strove
  2. for victory in vain. From that time forth
  3. is Corydon still Corydon with us.