Daphnis, Menalcas, Goatherd.
WIth lovely Neatherd Daphnis on the hills, they say,
Shepherd Menalcas met upon a summer's day:
Both youthful striplings, both had yellow heads of hair; In whistling both, and both in singing skilful were.
Menalcas first, beholding Daphnis, thus bespake:
Menalcas.
"Wilt thou in singing, Neatherd Daphnis, undertake
To strive with me? For I affirm that, at my will,
I can thee pass!" Thus Daphnis answered on the hill.
Daphnis.