Idylls And Epigrams Chiefly From the Greek Anthology
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Be the brisk swarms innumerable made. And all their store ambrosia, by thy aid ! D 2 36 Idylls and Epigrams. XCVIII Naiads, your frog, hoarse minstrel of a strain Aquatic, leaping lover of the rain. Imaged in brass, I dedicate, well-pleased. To ye, in gratitude for thirst appeased. Faint was I wandering, when the welcome croak Loud from a nigh sequestered hollow broke, And, following the inviting voice, I found The twinkling spring clear-welling from the ground. XCIX Shaker of earth and soverei...gn of the sea, I, Crantas, dedicate my bark to thee ; Which oft I deemed in my affrighted mind Would bear me, winged with storm and wandering wind. To Hades, but instead hath brought me here, Where now I dwell, forgetting hope and fear. The crooked bow and arrow-spending case Promachus hangs up in this holy place, Phcebus, to thee. The shafts remain apart, For each is buried in a foeman's heart. Idylls and Epigrams. Yj CI ^** Avert the share, restrain the steer, O husbandman that ploughest here ; The ground where warriors rest 'tis meet To sow with tears instead of wheat.
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