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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.
  
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.
 IV. 
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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IDYLLIUM the EIGHTH. ALPHEUS.

Soon as Alpheus bids his Current pour
Its Foam into the Deep, near Pisa's Shore,
With Olives crown'd, fair Leaves and Flowers he brings
And sacred Dust, to Arethusa's Springs.
For deep and unperceiv'd his Waters flow;
Nor mingle with the Main, but roll below.
Thus Cupid full of Wiles, his Power to prove,
Hath taught a River ev'n to dive for Love.
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