Theoc. vii. 37–41.
Saepibus in nostris parvam te roscida mala.
At mater viridis saltus orbata peragrans.
καί μ’ ἀτρέμας εἶπε σεσαρώς
ὄμματι μειδιόωντι, γέλως δέ οἱ εἴχετο χείλευς.
θᾶσαι δὴ καὶ ταῦτα τὰ τῶ θείω Λιθυέρσα.
‘Next well-trimm’d
A crowd of shepherds, with as sunburnt looks
As may be read of in Arcadian books;
Such as sat listening round Apollo’s pipe,