Eclogue

 1    1|          lie not, would not fear~Daphnis to challenge, though yourself
 2    V|       cave we come.~Mopsus.~“For Daphnis cruelly slain wept all the
 3    V|         poured her plaint.~Then, Daphnis, to the cooling streams
 4    V|          mourning for thy death.~Daphnis, ’twas thou bad’st yoke
 5    V| fountains draw a shady veil -~So Daphnis to his memory bids be done -~
 6    V|          thereon this verse:~‘I, Daphnis in the woods, from hence
 7    V|          to the stars uplift~Thy Daphnis— Daphnis to the stars extol,~
 8    V|        stars uplift~Thy Daphnis— Daphnis to the stars extol,~For
 9    V|          stars extol,~For me too Daphnis loved.~Mopsus.~Than such
10    V|     sheen with unaccustomed eyes~Daphnis stands rapt before Olympus’
11    V|          Nor nets the stag: kind Daphnis loveth peace.~The unshorn
12    V|      altars four,~Twain to thee, Daphnis, and to Phoebus twain~For
13  VII|      MELIBOEUS, CORYDON, THYRSIS~Daphnis beneath a rustling ilex-tree~
14  VII|          Lord of the flock; when Daphnis I espy!~Soon as he saw me, “
15 VIII|         the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.~Songs can the very
16 VIII|         the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.~These triple threads
17 VIII|         the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.~Now, Amaryllis, ply
18 VIII|         the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.~As by the kindling
19 VIII|         grows,~So by my love may Daphnis; sprinkle meal,~And with
20 VIII|        burn the brittle bays.~Me Daphnis with his cruelty doth burn,~
21 VIII|       doth burn,~I to melt cruel Daphnis burn this bay.~“Draw from
22 VIII|         the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.~As when some heifer,
23 VIII|       with such love as hers~May Daphnis pine, and I not care to
24 VIII|         the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.~These relics once,
25 VIII|         the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.~These herbs of bane
26 VIII|         the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.~Take ashes, Amaryllis,
27 VIII|     these will~Upon the heart of Daphnis make essay.~Nothing for
28 VIII|         the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.~Look, look I the very
29 VIII|     fooled?~Give oer, my songs,~Daphnis is coming from the town,
30   IX|         the words.~Moeris.~“Why, Daphnis, upward gazing, do you mark~
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