The idylliums of Moschus and Bion Translated from the Greek. With annotations. To which is prefixed, An Account of their Lives; with some Remarks on their Works; and some Observations upon Pastoral. By Mr. Cooke |
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Idyllium VII. Friendship.
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Idyllium VII. Friendship.
Thrice happy those, who, with a mutual Flame,Observe the Rev'rence due to Friendship's Name;
Thrice happy Theseus, could undaunted go,
With his Perithous, to the Realms below;
Together both before the Monarch stand,
Nor dread the Terrors of the direful Land;
Orestes, blest in ev'ry toilsome State,
Shar'd with his Pylades one common Fate;
Achilles, in the midst of Battel blest,
Whilst he enjoy'd the Partner of his Breast,
Found his Patroclus, happy in his End;
For when he fell himself, he sav'd his Friend.
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