Eclogue Vii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIBJKLAMNAOPQA RLSAATG CUVAW ALXPY CBZA2B2 AAC2D2E2 CCAAL AF2G2LC2 CDPCA ALH2I2E2 CJ2ALL AK2AOL CLAGA AGL2M2B AN2O2AMELIBOEUS CORYDON THYRSIS | A |
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Daphnis beneath a rustling ilex tree | B |
Had sat him down Thyrsis and Corydon | C |
Had gathered in the flock Thyrsis the sheep | D |
And Corydon the she goats swollen with milk | E |
Both in the flower of age Arcadians both | F |
Ready to sing and in like strain reply | G |
Hither had strayed while from the frost I fend | H |
My tender myrtles the he goat himself | I |
Lord of the flock when Daphnis I espy | B |
Soon as he saw me 'Hither haste ' he cried | J |
'O Meliboeus goat and kids are safe | K |
And if you have an idle hour to spare | L |
Rest here beneath the shade Hither the steers | A |
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 | A |
And from yon sacred oak with busy hum | O |
The bees are swarming ' What was I to do | P |
No Phyllis or Alcippe left at home | Q |
Had I to shelter my new weaned lambs | A |
And no slight matter was a singing bout | R |
'Twixt Corydon and Thyrsis Howsoe'er | L |
I let my business wait upon their sport | S |
So they began to sing voice answering voice | A |
In strains alternate for alternate strains | A |
The Muses then were minded to recall | T |
First Corydon then Thyrsis in reply | G |
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Corydon | C |
'Libethrian Nymphs who are my heart's delight | U |
Grant me as doth my Codrus so to sing | V |
Next to Apollo he or if to this | A |
We may not all attain my tuneful pipe | W |
Here on this sacred pine shall silent hang ' | - |
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Thyrsis | A |
'Arcadian shepherds wreathe with ivy spray | L |
Your budding poet so that Codrus burst | X |
With envy if he praise beyond my due | P |
Then bind my brow with foxglove lest his tongue | Y |
With evil omen blight the coming bard ' | - |
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Corydon | C |
'This bristling boar's head Delian Maid to thee | B |
With branching antlers of a sprightly stag | Z |
Young Micon offers if his luck but hold | A2 |
Full length in polished marble ankle bound | B2 |
With purple buskin shall thy statue stand ' | - |
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Thyrsis | A |
'A bowl of milk Priapus and these cakes | A |
Yearly it is enough for thee to claim | C2 |
Thou art the guardian of a poor man's plot | D2 |
Wrought for a while in marble if the flock | E2 |
At lambing time be filled stand there in gold ' | - |
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Corydon | C |
'Daughter of Nereus Galatea mine | C |
Sweeter than Hybla thyme more white than swans | A |
Fairer than ivy pale soon as the steers | A |
Shall from their pasture to the stalls repair | L |
If aught for Corydon thou carest come ' | - |
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Thyrsis | A |
'Now may I seem more bitter to your taste | F2 |
Than herb Sardinian rougher than the broom | G2 |
More worthless than strewn sea weed if to day | L |
Hath not a year out lasted Fie for shame | C2 |
Go home my cattle from your grazing go ' | - |
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Corydon | C |
'Ye mossy springs and grass more soft than sleep | D |
And arbute green with thin shade sheltering you | P |
Ward off the solstice from my flock for now | C |
Comes on the burning summer now the buds | A |
Upon the limber vine shoot 'gin to swell ' | - |
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Thyrsis | A |
'Here is a hearth and resinous logs here fire | L |
Unstinted and doors black with ceaseless smoke | H2 |
Here heed we Boreas' icy breath as much | I2 |
As the wolf heeds the number of the flock | E2 |
Or furious rivers their restraining banks ' | - |
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Corydon | C |
'The junipers and prickly chestnuts stand | J2 |
And 'neath each tree lie strewn their several fruits | A |
Now the whole world is smiling but if fair | L |
Alexis from these hill slopes should away | L |
Even the rivers you would see run dry ' | - |
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Thyrsis | A |
'The field is parched the grass blades thirst to death | K2 |
In the faint air Liber hath grudged the hills | A |
His vine's o'er shadowing should my Phyllis come | O |
Green will be all the grove and Jupiter | L |
Descend in floods of fertilizing rain ' | - |
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Corydon | C |
'The poplar doth Alcides hold most dear | L |
The vine Iacchus Phoebus his own bays | A |
And Venus fair the myrtle therewithal | G |
Phyllis doth hazels love and while she loves | A |
Myrtle nor bay the hazel shall out vie ' | - |
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Thyrsis | A |
'Ash in the forest is most beautiful | G |
Pine in the garden poplar by the stream | L2 |
Fir on the mountain height but if more oft | M2 |
Thou'ldst come to me fair Lycidas to thee | B |
Both forest ash and garden pine should bow ' | - |
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Meliboeus | A |
These I remember and how Thyrsis strove | N2 |
For victory in vain From that time forth | O2 |
Is Corydon still Corydon with us | A |
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