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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IDYLLIUM the EIGHTH. ALPHEUS.
Soon as Alpheus bids his Current pourIts 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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