Daphnis the herdsman and Damoetas once

Had driven, Aratus, to the selfsame glen.

One chin was yellowing, one shewed half a beard.

And by a brookside on a summer noon

The pair sat down and sang; but Daphnis led

The song, for Daphnis was the challenger.

DAPHNIS.

"See! Galatea pelts thy flock with fruit,

And calls their master 'Lack-love,' Polypheme.

Thou mark'st her not, blind, blind, but pipest aye