Eclogue 7: Meliboeus Corydon Thrysis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHAIJKLMNOPQRS TKUVWXF BYZA2B2 A2KC2QD2 BAE2F2G2 A2A2H2I2J2 BBA2A2K A2K2L2KH2 BCQBA2 A2KM2N2J2 BO2A2KK A2P2A2PK BKA2FA2 A2FQ2R2A A2S2T2A2| Daphnis beneath a rustling ilex tree | A |
| Had sat him down Thyrsis and Corydon | B |
| Had gathered in the flock Thyrsis the sheep | C |
| And Corydon the she goats swollen with milk | D |
| Both in the flower of age Arcadians both | E |
| Ready to sing and in like strain reply | F |
| Hither had strayed while from the frost I fend | G |
| My tender myrtles the he goat himself | H |
| Lord of the flock when Daphnis I espy | A |
| Soon as he saw me 'Hither haste ' he cried | I |
| 'O Meliboeus goat and kids are safe | J |
| And if you have an idle hour to spare | K |
| Rest here beneath the shade Hither the steers | L |
| Will through the meadows of their own free will | M |
| Untended come to drink Here Mincius hath | N |
| With tender rushes rimmed his verdant banks | O |
| And from yon sacred oak with busy hum | P |
| The bees are swarming ' What was I to do | Q |
| No Phyllis or Alcippe left at home | R |
| Had I to shelter my new weaned lambs | S |
| And no slight matter was a singing bout | T |
| 'Twixt Corydon and Thyrsis Howsoe'er | K |
| I let my business wait upon their sport | U |
| So they began to sing voice answering voice | V |
| In strains alternate for alternate strains | W |
| The Muses then were minded to recall | X |
| First Corydon then Thyrsis in reply | F |
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| CORYDON | B |
| 'Libethrian Nymphs who are my heart's delight | Y |
| Grant me as doth my Codrus so to sing | Z |
| Next to Apollo he or if to this | A2 |
| We may not all attain my tuneful pipe | B2 |
| Here on this sacred pine shall silent hang ' | - |
| - | |
| THYRSIS | A2 |
| 'Arcadian shepherds wreathe with ivy spray | K |
| Your budding poet so that Codrus burst | C2 |
| With envy if he praise beyond my due | Q |
| Then bind my brow with foxglove lest his tongue | D2 |
| With evil omen blight the coming bard ' | - |
| - | |
| CORYDON | B |
| 'This bristling boar's head Delian Maid to thee | A |
| With branching antlers of a sprightly stag | E2 |
| Young Micon offers if his luck but hold | F2 |
| Full length in polished marble ankle bound | G2 |
| With purple buskin shall thy statue stand ' | - |
| - | |
| THYRSIS | A2 |
| 'A bowl of milk Priapus and these cakes | A2 |
| Yearly it is enough for thee to claim | H2 |
| Thou art the guardian of a poor man's plot | I2 |
| Wrought for a while in marble if the flock | J2 |
| At lambing time be filled stand there in gold ' | - |
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| CORYDON | B |
| 'Daughter of Nereus Galatea mine | B |
| Sweeter than Hybla thyme more white than swans | A2 |
| Fairer than ivy pale soon as the steers | A2 |
| Shall from their pasture to the stalls repair | K |
| If aught for Corydon thou carest come ' | - |
| - | |
| THYRSIS | A2 |
| 'Now may I seem more bitter to your taste | K2 |
| Than herb Sardinian rougher than the broom | L2 |
| More worthless than strewn sea weed if to day | K |
| Hath not a year out lasted Fie for shame | H2 |
| Go home my cattle from your grazing go ' | - |
| - | |
| CORYDON | B |
| 'Ye mossy springs and grass more soft than sleep | C |
| And arbute green with thin shade sheltering you | Q |
| Ward off the solstice from my flock for now | B |
| Comes on the burning summer now the buds | A2 |
| Upon the limber vine shoot 'gin to swell ' | - |
| - | |
| THYRSIS | A2 |
| 'Here is a hearth and resinous logs here fire | K |
| Unstinted and doors black with ceaseless smoke | M2 |
| Here heed we Boreas' icy breath as much | N2 |
| As the wolf heeds the number of the flock | J2 |
| Or furious rivers their restraining banks ' | - |
| - | |
| CORYDON | B |
| 'The junipers and prickly chestnuts stand | O2 |
| And 'neath each tree lie strewn their several fruits | A2 |
| Now the whole world is smiling but if fair | K |
| Alexis from these hill slopes should away | K |
| Even the rivers you would see run dry ' | - |
| - | |
| THYRSIS | A2 |
| 'The field is parched the grass blades thirst to death | P2 |
| In the faint air Liber hath grudged the hills | A2 |
| His vine's o'er shadowing should my Phyllis come | P |
| Green will be all the grove and Jupiter | K |
| Descend in floods of fertilizing rain ' | - |
| - | |
| CORYDON | B |
| 'The poplar doth Alcides hold most dear | K |
| The vine Iacchus Phoebus his own bays | A2 |
| And Venus fair the myrtle therewithal | F |
| Phyllis doth hazels love and while she loves | A2 |
| Myrtle nor bay the hazel shall out vie ' | - |
| - | |
| THYRSIS | A2 |
| 'Ash in the forest is most beautiful | F |
| Pine in the garden poplar by the stream | Q2 |
| Fir on the mountain height but if more oft | R2 |
| Thou'ldst come to me fair Lycidas to thee | A |
| Both forest ash and garden pine should bow ' | - |
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| MELIBOEUS | A2 |
| These I remember and how Thyrsis strove | S2 |
| For victory in vain From that time forth | T2 |
| Is Corydon still Corydon with us | A2 |
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