Theocritus

270 BC / Syracuse, Italy

Sing Something Sweet

Prythee, sing something sweet to me- you that can play
First and second at once. Then I too will essay
To croak on the pipes: and yon lad shall salute
Our ears with a melody breathed through his flute.
In the cave by the green oak our watch we will keep,
And goatish old Pan we'll defraud of his sleep.

translated by C. S. Calverley
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