That part your lambs may have; and part, my milking pail."

Then Daphnis in his turn sweetly began to sing:

Daphnis.

"And me, not long ago, fair Daphne whistly eyed

As I drove by; and said, I was a paragon:

Nor then indeed to her I churlishly replied;

But, looking on the ground, my way still held I on.

Sweet is a cow-calf's voice, and sweet her breath doth smell;

A bull calf, and a cow, do low full pleasantly.

'Tis sweet in summer by a spring abroad to dwell!