Poems by Virgil

Daphnis beneath a whispering holm reclined,
And near him Corydon and Thyrsis join'd
Their floc...

Sicilian Muse, begin a loftier strain!
Tho' lowly shrubs, and trees that shade the plain,
De...

O virgin! Or what other name you bear
Above that style--O more than mortal fair!
Your voice and...

The tale of love Alphesiboeus sung
And Damon, when the heifer wondering hung
(Forgetful of her...

Muses of Sicily, a loftier strain
Be ours: the lowly offspring of the plain,
Shrubs and the h...

Perhaps you may of Priam's fate inquire.
He--when he saw his regal town on fire,
His ruin'd pa...

First breathed my Muse the Syracusan strain,
Nor blush'd to dwell amidst the woodland train.
W...

Alexis, beauteous, and his lord's delight,
Was loved by Corydon, in hope's despite.
Oft 'mi...

This closing effort, Arethusa, aid;
A few brief strains be to my Gallus paid:
What bard to ...

Whence joyful harvests spring, what heav'nly sign
Invites the plough, and weds to elms the vin...

Thus far the tilth of fields and stars of heaven;
Now will I sing thee, Bacchus, and, with t...

Thee too, great Pales, will I hymn, and thee,
Amphrysian shepherd, worthy to be sung,
You...

Of air-born honey, gift of heaven, I now
Take up the tale. Upon this theme no less
Look thou,...