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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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CALPURNIUS SICULUS. Tell mc, pray, you do not think nic imconicly, dovou ? not laden <strong>with</strong> years ? Is it my ill fortune tol)e deceived whenever my h<strong>and</strong> touches my tendercheeks <strong>and</strong> when unconsciously I trace the marksof my first bloom <strong>and</strong> beguile my fingers <strong>with</strong> theslender down ?v. Whenever I see my image in the clear stream Iwonder at myself. For my visage clothes itself<strong>with</strong> the bloom of youth in like manner as I haveoft remarked wax-like quinces glistening under thedelicate down upon their tree.. Love calls for song : nor is the pipe unequal to thecall of love ; but lo ! the day departs <strong>and</strong> eveningbrings the gloaming back. On this side, Daphnis,drive the flocks—on that let Alphesiboeus drivethem home.v.. Now are the leaves a-rustling; now the forestdrowns our song. Go yonder, Dorylas, go ; <strong>and</strong>open full the channel. Let it water the gardenplotswhich have thirsted so long.Scarce had they finished so, when Thyrsis full ofyears gave judgement thus: "Be equal: livetherefore in amity ; for beauty <strong>and</strong> song, love <strong>and</strong>youth, have made you comrades both."ECLOGUE IIIloLLAS :LycidasHave you chanced, Lycidas, to see a heifer of minein this vale ? She is wont to go to meet your bulls.By now the search for her has wasted nearly twohours ; <strong>and</strong> in spite of all she is not to be seen.For long have my legs been hurt by the rough235

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