Nature
Epigram III: For a Picture (Lang)
Translated by Andrew Lang (1880) · From Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose (Macmillan, 1889)
Thou sleepest on the leaf-strewn ground, O Daphnis, resting thy weary limbs, and the stakes of thy nets are newly fastened on the hills. But Pan is on thy track, and Priapus, with the golden ivy wreath twined round his winsome head,—both are leaping at one bound into thy cavern. Nay, flee them, flee, shake off thy slumber, shake off the heavy sleep that is falling upon thee.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Theocritus. “Epigram III: For a Picture (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/171/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram III: For a Picture (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/171/.
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