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The Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus

with the Elegies of Tyrtaeus, Translated from the Greek into English Verse. To which are Added, Dissertations and Notes. By the Rev. Richard Polwhele
Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
  
[dedication]

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THE IDYLLIA and EPIGRAMS OF THEOCRITUS.
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 I. 
IDYLLIUM the FIRST. THYRSIS,
 II. 
IDYLLIUM the SECOND. PHARMACEUTRIA.
 III. 
IDYLLIUM the THIRD. AMARYLLIS.
 IV. 
IDYLLIUM the FOURTH. The SWAINS.
 V. 
IDYLLIUM the FIFTH. The TRAVELLERS.
 VI. 
IDYLLIUM the SIXTH. The HERDSMEN.
 VII. 
IDYLLIUM the SEVENTH. The HARVEST-FEAST,
 VIII. 
IDYLLIUM the EIGHTH. The BUCOLIC SINGERS.
 IX. 
IDYLLIUM the NINTH. The SHEPHERD.
 X. 
IDYLLIUM the TENTH. The REAPERS.
 XI. 
IDYLLIUM the ELEVENTH. The CYCLOPS.
 XII. 
IDYLLIUM the TWELFTH. To a FRIEND.
 XIII. 
IDYLLIUM the THIRTEENTH. HYLAS.
 XIV. 
IDYLLIUM the FOURTEENTH. CYNISCA's LOVE.
 XVI. 
IDYLLIUM the SIXTEENTH. The GRACES,
 XVII. 
IDYLLIUM the SEVENTEENTH. PTOLEMY.
 XVIII. 
IDYLLIUM the EIGHTEENTH. The EPITHALAMIUM of HELEN.
 XIX. 
IDYLLIUM the NINETEENTH. The HONEY-STEALER.
 XX. 
IDYLLIUM the TWENTIETH. EUNICA,
 XXI. 
IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-FIRST. The FISHERMEN.
 XXII. 
IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-SECOND. CASTOR and POLLUX.
 XXIII. 
IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-THIRD. The DESPAIRING LOVER.
 XXIV. 
IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-FOURTH. The YOUNG HERCULES.
 XXV. 
IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-FIFTH. HERCULES the LION-SLAYER.
 XXVI. 
IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-SIXTH. BACCHÆ.
 XXIX. 
IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-NINTH. The CAPRICIOUS FRIEND.
 XXX. 
IDYLLIUM the THIRTIETH. The DEATH of ADONIS.
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EPIGRAMS.
 1. 
I. OFFERINGS to the MUSES and APOLLO.
 II. 
II. An OFFERING to PAN.
 III. 
III. To DAPHNIS sleeping.
 IV. 
IV. A VOW to PRIAPUS.
 V. 
V. The CONCERT.
 VI. 
VI. THYRSIS hath lost his Kid.
 VII. 
VII. On the STATUE of ÆSCULAPIUS.
 VIII. 
VIII. EPITAPH on ORTHON, who died drunk.
 IX. 
IX. On the FATE of CLEONICUS.
 X. 
X. On a MONUMENT erected to the MUSES.
 XI. 
XI. EPITAPH on EUSTHENES the PHYSIOGNOMIST.
 XII. 
XII. On a TRIPOD dedicated to BACCHUS by DEMOTELES.
 XIII. 
XIII. On the IMAGE of the Heavenly VENUS.
 XIV. 
XIV. EPITAPH on EURYMEDON.
 XV. 
XV. On the Same.
 XVI. 
XVI. On ANACREON's STATUE.
 XVII. 
XVII. On EPICHARMUS.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. EPITAPH on CLITA,
 XIX. 
XIX. On ARCHILOCHUS.
 XX. 
XX. On the STATUE of PISANDER,
 XXI. 
XXI. EPITAPH on the Poet HIPPONAX.
 XXII. 
XXII. THEOCRITUS on his own WORKS.
  
THE IDYLLIA and FRAGMENTS OF BION.
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THE IDYLLIA OF MOSCHUS.
 I. 
IDYLLIUM the FIRST. The STRAY CUPID.
 II. 
IDYLLIUM the SECOND. EUROPA.
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IDYLLIUM the FOURTH. MEGARA, the Wife of HERCULES, and ALCMENA his Mother.
 V. 
IDYLLIUM the FIFTH. The CHOICE.
 VIII. 
IDYLLIUM the EIGHTH. ALPHEUS.
  
EPIGRAM.
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THE ELEGIES OF TYRTÆUS.
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ELEGY the SECOND.

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IDYLLIUM the TWELFTH. To a FRIEND.

Say, art thou come, now three long Days are past—
To crown the Wishes of my Heart, at last?
Far as the Apple's Pulp outvies the Sloe;
Or vernal Meads the wintery Wastes of Snow;
Far as the milky Mothers of the Plain
Bear Wool more weighty than their Lambs sustain;
Far as the Virgin, in the Prime of Life,
Excells the Matron, three Times dubb'd a Wife;
Or the light Fawn the Calf—or Nightingales
Surpass the rival Minstrels of the Vales;
So far thy Converse cheers! To thee I run,
As Travellers to the Beech that screens the Sun.
O that our Fame of Friendship long may live—
And to recording Bards new Lustre give!
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O may we, thro' a deathless Being, prove
The golden Joys of harmonizing Love!
Then, after many an Age hath roll'd away,
May some-one meet my Shade, and sweetly say:
‘Your Friendship blooms, the Theme of every Tongue,
‘And prompts the Shepherd's Tune—the Poet's Song.’
Such are my Prayers! May such the Fate dispose—
While, no dishonest Pimple on my Nose,
I with a firm-ton'd Energy maintain:
‘The Joy I've felt with thee, outweighs the Pain.’
Ye Megarensians, who, in equal Time,
The Music of your Oars so softly chime;
Blest may ye flourish; since the Athenian's Cause
Gain'd, at his closing Hour, your just Applause—
Above all Strangers honour'd, since ye pay
Due Rites to Diocles, each festal Day.
Then sprightly Boys, when Spring begins to bloom,
Sport, in soft Contest, at their Hero's Tomb;
And who the sweetest Kiss hath Power to breathe,
Bears to his Mother many a rosy Wreath.
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Blest is the Man, with more than vulgar Bliss,
Whoe'er he be, that judges of the Kiss!
Fair Ganymede—who makes the Thunderer bow;
Whose lenient Smile can smooth his angry Brow;
His Fury with a magic Power command,
And stop his Lightning, in his lifted Hand—
Had such a Lip (or Fame hath often ly'd—
And Fame errs seldom on the better Side)
As, a true Touchstone, tried the proffer'd Joy,
And the pure Ore distinguish'd from Alloy.
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