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 |
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VI. THYRSIS hath lost his Kid.
Ah, Thyrsis! what avails this wasting Woe?Thy lost Kid wanders thro' the Shades below!
The Wolf hath torn him, on the Pasture-Plain;
He died—And can thy Tears bring Life again?
Thy very Dogs exclaim: ‘What boots thy Moan?
‘When nought of him remains—no—not a Bone!’
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