And goodly seemed my beard, and goodly seemed

My solitary eye, and, half-revealed,

My teeth gleamed whiter than the Parian marl.

Thrice for good luck I spat upon my robe:

That learned I of the hag Cottytaris—her

Who fluted lately with Hippocoön's mowers."

Damoetas then kissed Daphnis lovingly:

One gave a pipe and one a goodly flute.

Straight to the shepherd's flute and herdsman's pipe

The younglings bounded in the soft green grass: