Eclogue

 1  VII|         VII~MELIBOEUS, CORYDON, THYRSIS~Daphnis beneath a rustling
 2  VII|     ilex-tree~Had sat him down; Thyrsis and Corydon~Had gathered
 3  VII|      Had gathered in the flock, Thyrsis the sheep,~And Corydon the
 4  VII| singing-bout~‘Twixt Corydon and Thyrsis. Howsoe’er,~I let my business
 5  VII|    recall -~First Corydon, then Thyrsis in reply.~Corydon.~“Libethrian
 6  VII|        pine shall silent hang.”~Thyrsis.~“Arcadian shepherds, wreathe
 7  VII|        shall thy statue stand.”~Thyrsis.~“A bowl of milk, Priapus,
 8  VII|     Corydon thou carest, come.”~Thyrsis.~“Now may I seem more bitter
 9  VII|      vine-shoot ‘gin to swell.”~Thyrsis.~“Here is a hearth, and
10  VII|       you would ; see run dry.”~Thyrsis.~“The field is parched,
11  VII|       the hazel shall out-vie.”~Thyrsis.~“Ash in the forest is most
12  VII|       These I remember, and how Thyrsis strove~For victory in vain.