Versos English Pierre Louÿs Bucolics In Pamphylia

English poem

Bucolics In Pamphylia

by (1870–1925)

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Ἀδύ δέ μοι τό μέλισμα, καὶ ἤν σύριγγι μελίσδω κἤν αύλῷ λαλέω, κἤν δώνκκι, κἤν πλαγιαύλῳ. THEOCRITOS.

“Sweet, too, is my music, whether I make melody on pipe, or discourse on the flute, or reed, or flageolet.”

(XX--28-29. Lang.)