Theocritus, translated into English Verse
Translated by Charles Stuart Calverley
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The opening
IDYLL I. The Death of Daphnis.
The Death of Daphnis.
THYRSIS. A GOATHERD.
THYRSIS. Sweet are the whispers of yon pine that makes Low music o’er the spring, and, Goatherd, sweet Thy piping; second thou to Pan alone. Is his the horned ram? then thine the goat. Is his the goat? to thee shall fall the kid; And toothsome is the flesh of unmilked kids.
GOATHERD. Shepherd, thy lay is as the noise of streams Falling and falling aye from yon tall crag. If for their meed the Muses claim the ewe, Be thine the stall-fed lamb; or if they choose The lamb, take thou the scarce less-valued ewe.
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