Nature
Epigram III
Translated by C. S. Calverley (1869) · From Epigrams and Epitaphs
Nature
Daphnis, thou slumberest on the leaf-strown lea,
Thy frame at rest, thy springes newly spread
O'er the fell-side. But two are hunting thee:
Pan, and Priapus with his fair young head
Hung with wan ivy. See! they come, they leap
Into thy lair--fly, fly,--shake off the coil of sleep!
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Theocritus. “Epigram III.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/33/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram III.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/33/.
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