Translated by Hobbes.
THE SWALLOW AND THE GRASSHOPPER.
FROM THE GREEK, 450 B. C.
Attic maiden—honey-fed—
Chirping warbler, bear’st away
Thou the chirping grasshopper,
To thy callow young a prey?
Warbling thou—a warbler seize,
Winged-one with lovely wings!
Guest thyself—by summer brought—