Adonis, while living, in groves she ador'd.
And dead in the groves and on mountains i!e-
plor'd. 40

If right my conjecture, F.ndymion, I ween.
List nvc too once tended his steers on the green;
Yet the M'«n in this neatherd took such a delight,
That see met him at Latmos, and kiss'd him all

night. £«'n Cybeie snourn'd for a herdsman; and Jove Soatti u a boy from hi» herd to be waiter above.

This Idvdiam has by Daniel Hcinsiut, and oihcr learned critics, been ascribed to Moschug, asd f.r that reason I published a translation of it soxe rice ago, along with a version of the other bcmU*l pieces of that, and of four other Greet pocti, viz. Anacrron, Sappho, Bion, and MusæUi; ba: a* in all probability Theocritus is the rex! author, I here insert it with several alterations and corrections, as I shall entirely omit it in the ucood edition of any work abovementioned, which w-.il shortly he published; the first having been very favourably received by the public

Ver. 5. The Greek is fctuMftfaxm atrvxa Vij?.i« t^im. "Didici urhana Ubra terere," which Virp. fcrcu to have had an rye to, when he fays, * iajtj tnvisse labellum :" on which Mr. Wartse «.4crsr», there is a fondness in mentioning tii» ecruBamce of " wearing his lip." The confurs afee ci playing on the " siltula," which is ■sad to this day in the Grecian iflands, is making (ac lips thick and callous. Mr. Dawkins assured sac he Lw several shepherds with such lips. Ver. 13. Virgil has something similar.

Taua dicratijn jamdudum aversa tuct»r,
H« iltuc volvens oculos, totumcjuc pererrat
Lieusibas tacitis. Æn. B. 4. 36a.

Ver. 14. The Greek is, caic Us Mi twrurt xc>.*»,iad should be rendered, " She thiiee spit into her bosom." Archbishop Potter observes, lee Archxol. ch. ivii. it was customary for the ancient Ct=uns to spit three times into their boloms at tie %ht of a madman, or one troubled with an eftsepfy; thi< they Aid in defiance, as it were, of uc uses: for spitting was a sign of the greatest CBcteapt and detestation, whence irtw, " to tssc," is put fer" to contemn."

Ver. 11. The poet here seems to allude to a ?sii;e in Hrmer's Odys. B. Ij. where Minerva tassges (Jl)sscs into the figure of an old beggar,

N<-ed, Diophantus, ready wit imparts,
Is labour's mistress, and the nurse of arts:
Corroding cares the toiling wretch infest,
And spoil the peaceful tenor of his breast;
And if soft slumbers on his eye-lids creep.
Some cursed care steals in, and murders sleep.

Two ancient fishers in a straw-thatch'd shed, Leaves were their walls, and sca-weed was their bed,

Rcdin'd their weary limbs: hard by were laid 9
Baskets, and all their implements of trade, [hairs,
Rods hooks, and lines, compos'd of stout horsc-
And nets of various forts, and various snares,
The seine, the cast-net, and the wicker maze,
To waste the watery tribes a thousand ways:
A crazy boat was drawn upon a plank;
Matts were their pillow, wove of osier dank;
Skins, cays, and tutrgrd coats, a covering made:
This was their wealth, their labour, and their
trade,

No pot to boil, no watch-dog to defend;
Yet blest they liv'd with penury tbeir friend. 20
None visited their shed,save every tide
The wanton waves that wafh'd its tottering side.
When half her course the moon's bright car had
speJ,

Joint labour rotis'd the tenants of the (bed.

The dews of slumber from their eyes they clear'd,

And thus their minds with pleasing parley cheer'd:

Asphalion.

I hold, my friend, that trite opinion wrong,
That summer-nights arc short when days are long.
Yets—I have seen a thousand dreams to-night,
And yet no morn appears, nor morning-light: 30
Sure on my mind some strange illusions play,
And make short nights wear heavily away.

Friend.

Fair summer seasons you unjustly blame,
Their bounds are etjual, and their pace the fame;
But cares, Asphalion, in a busy throng,
Break on your rest, and make the night seem long.
Aspbalhn.

Say, hast thou genius to interpret right
My dream? I've had a jolly one to-night, [wish,
Thou shalt go halves, and more thou can'si not
We'll share the vision as we share our fish. 40
) know thee shrewd, expert of dreams to spell;
Tic's the best judge who can conjecture well.

We've leisure time, which can't be better spent By wretched carles in w^ve-walb'd cabin pent, And lodg'd on leaves; yet why should we repine. While living lights in Prytancum shine?

Iricnd.

To thy fast friend each circumstance recite,
And let me hear this vision of the night.

Asphalion.

Last evening, weary with the toils of day,
Lull'd in the lap of rest secure I lay;
Full late we supp'd, and sparingly we eat;
No danger of a surfeit from our meat.
Mcthi ught I sat upon aslielfy steep.
And watch'd the filh that gambol'd in the deep:
Suspended by my rod, I gently shook
The bait fallacious, which a huge one took^
(Sleeping, we image what awake we wish;
Dogs dream of bones, and fishermen of tifh.)
Bent was my rod, and from his gills the blood
With crimson stream distain'd the silver flood. 6*
1 flretch'd my arm out, list the line should break;
The fish so vigorous, and my ho<>k so weak!
Anxious I gaz'd; he struggled to be gone:
'You're wounded— I'll bewith you,sriend,anon'—
'Still do you teaze me ?" for he plagu'd me fore;
At last, quite spent, 1 drew him safe on shore,
Then grasp'd him with my hand, for surer hold,
A noble prize, a fish of solid gold!
But fears suspicious in my bosom throng'd,
I.est to the god of ocean he belong'd; 71
Or, haply wandering in the azure main,
Some favourite fish of Amphitrite's train.
My prize I loos'd, and strictest caution took,
For fear some gold might stick about the hook;
Then safe secor'd him, anddevout'y swore
Never to venture on the ocean more;
But live on land as happy as a king:
At this I wak'd : what think you of the thing?
Speak free, for know I am extremely loth,
And greatly fear to violate my oath. 8*
Friend.

Fear not, old friend; you took no oath, for why I
You took no filh—your vision's all a lie.
Go search the shoals, not sleeping, but awake,
Hunger will soon discover your mistake;
Catch real fish; you need not sure be told
Those fools must starve who only dream of gold,

Ver. 1. Thus Virgil, Turn varias vencre artea: labor omnia vincit Xmprobus, et duris urgent in-rebus egestas, '•• • 'Ceor. I. 145.

Then all those arts that polish life succeed;
What cannot ceaseless toil, and prilling need!

Wartn

And Persia*, ProL

(Tgis expedivit psittaco suum x*'iU
Picafqne docuit verba nostra conari?
Migi&er anis, ingecique largitor Venter.

Wno taagfct the parrot human notes to try,
8r with a mice endued the chattering pyc?
Tw*» wirry want, fierce hunger to appease:
Waal taagoc their mailers, and their masters these.

Dryd.
Ver. j.
Nee pladehon membris dat cura quietem. Virg.

Ver. j. Juvenal has,
Ne--e trevem si forte indulsit cura soporem.

S-t. 13,
Ver. 6.

Stb eofiem cura recursat. Vitg. -ÆV

Ver. :o> rhe Greek is » im, and is an emencaiioa nl the learned Johannes Auratus; before it ■ras read ir£ Im. Heinjivi.

Ver. 53. Here I entirely follow the emendation rf Heinuus; the text stands thus:

Safeguard? of sailor*, who the Twins implore,
When on the d-xp the thundering tempelU roar.
These in the hollow vessel from the side, II

Or head or helm pour the high swelling tide:
Hurst arc the planki, the tackling torn, the mast
Knapt, the sail- rent before the furious blast:
Suspended showers obscure the cheerful light,
Fades the pale day before approaching night,
Rife the rough winds resounding storms prevail,
And the vext ocean roars beneath the scourging

hail.
Still you the wreck can save, the storm dispel,
And snatch the sailors from the jawt of hell. 20
The winds disperse, the roaring waves subside,
And smooth'd to stillness sleeps the lenient tide.
■When shine the Bears, and 'twixt the Asses seen,
Though faint their manger, ocean proves serene.
O, friends of human kind, in utmost need,
Fam'd for the song, the lyre, the gauntlet, and the

steed 1 'Whose praises first shall my rapt muse rehearse? Both claim my praise, but Pollux first my verse.

When Argo rcach'd (Cyaue's islands past) Cold Pontus harass'd by the northern blast, 30 Soon to Bcbrycia, with the sons of fame, A freight of chiefs and demigods, she came. Forth from her sides, the country to explore, The crew descended to the breezy shore: On the dry beach they raised the taffy bed, The fires they kindled,'and the tables spread.

Meanwhile the royal brothers devious stray'd Far from the shore, and sought the cooling (hade. Hard by, a hill with waving forests crown'd Their eyes attracted; in the dale they found 40 A spring perennial in a rocky cave, Full to the margin flow'd the lucid wave: Below small fountains gush'd, and murmuring

near,
Sparkled like silver, and as crystal clear:
Above tall pines and poplars quivering play'd.
And planes aud cypress in dark green array'd:
Around balm-breathing flowers of every hue,
The bee's ambrosia, in the meadows grew.
There fat a chief, tremendous to the eye,
His couch the reck, his canopy the sky: JO

The gauntlet's strokes, hischeeluand ears around,
Had mark'd his face with many a desp'ratc wound.
Round as a gltbe, and prominent his chest,
Broad was his back, hut broader was his breast;
Firm was his flesh, with iron siuews fraught,
Lil;e some Colossus, on an anvil wrought.
As rocks, that in the rapid streams abound,
Aie walh'd by rolling torrents smooth and round,
The ridges rife, in crystal streams beheld:
So on his brawny arms the rising muscles swell'd.
A lion's spoils around his loins he draws, 61

Beneath his chin suspended by the paws:
Victorious Pollux, with attentive look,
Vicw'd, aud complacent, thus the chief bespoke:

Pollux.
Peace, gentle friend ! to wandering strangers tell
What tribes, what nations in these regions dwell?

Amycut. What peace to me, while on my native shore, lice strange guests 1 never saw before i

Pollux.
Fear not; no foes, nor mean of birth are heir.

Amycut.
Thou hast no cause to bid me not to sear. ;•

Pollux.
Rude are your words, and wrongfully apply"d,
Your manners fierce, your bosom swoln with pridt.

Amycut.
Thou see'st me as I am : these Lands are mine;
I never yet have troubled thee or thine.

Pollux.
Whene'er you come, you will a welcome find,
And presents, as befits a liberal mind.

Amycut.
Nor I thy welcome, nor thy gifts partake;
I gave no welcome, and no presents make.

Pollux.
May I not taste the stream that murmur* by?

Amy cm.
I'll solve that question when thy throat is dry. £•

Pollux.
Will gold, or other bribe the purchase gain?

Amycut.
Nought but to prove thy prowess on the plain;
Stand forth; let man oppos'd to man provoke,
With gauntlet-guarded arm, th' impending stroke;
Eye meeting eye, exert thy utmost might,
By feint or force to triumph in the fight. •

Pollux.
Whom must I fight? mine adversary who '.

Amycut.
Thou seest thy match, no despicable fae.

Pollux.
But what reward shall the stout victor have?

Amycut.
The conquer'd man shall be the conqueror's stave.

Pollux.
This is cock's play, and such the terms severe 91
In fight of scarlet-crested chanticleer.

Amycut.
Or be it cock's, or be it liori's play,
These are the six'd conditions of the fray.

This said, his hollow conch he instant blew. Quick through the coast the sounds alarming

flew;
The signal rous'd the stout Bebrycian train.
Who join'd their chief bcr.cath the shady plain.
Illustrious Castor from the neighbouring strand,
Call'd to the conflict Argo's chosen band. io«

Meanwhile the combatant', os mind elate.
Drew on their hands the dreadful gloves of fate;
The leathern thongs, that btae'd their shoulders

round,
Firm to their arms the ponderous gauntlets bound,
Amid the circle now the champions stood,
Breathing revenge, and vehement for blood.
Studious each strove the pierciuf light to shun.
And on his shoulders catch the gleaming fun i
You call'J, O Pollux, prudence to your aid;
In Amycus's eyes the snlar splendors play'd. JIC,
This did th' enormous cliieftan's rage provoke
Tq strike at once some death-denouncing stroke *,
But watchful Pollux dealt a weighty blovr
Full on tb: chsck of his advancing is*;

hceeVd more ardent lo the fight he came,
Au! forward bent tn tike the surer aim.
Riroagb the Bebrycian baud loud clamours run;
Nor less the Greeks encourag'd Lcda's son.
Yet rising sean their generous breasts appal,
Lefteethcirirtend the bulk of Amycus should fall:
Vain sean! for with both hands brave Pollux
ply'd lai

HU fori.ii Mows, and storm'd on every fide;
7 fir Clock repeated strokes his rival Dun,
Aud curb Lsc force of Neptune's lawless fin.
oiiidr with blows the tottering hero stood,
Aid inn hit mouth discharg'd the purple blood.
Load (booted the Greek warriors when they saw
3cbr?cia's champion's batter'd checks and jaw.
Ha. eyes, within their sockets deep impell'd,
Seca'dkEca'd, and his bruised visage swell'd. 130
Still tie prince ply'd his mighty rival hard,
Aad ian-Ji\ soon surpris'd him off his guard;
AoiiM .He stiggcr'd, full upon his brow
With all his force he drove the furious blow,
And crash'J his front; the giant with the wound
Fsil Sat. and stretch'd his bulk unwieldy on the

ground. kt {boa his vigour and hit strength return'd, at rose, and then again the battle burn'd: ViA iron hands their hollow fides they pound, Ar.j deal vindictive many a desperate wound. I40 tT3= ca hi* foe Bebrycia's monarch prest, AM wade rude ousets on his neck and breast: fc Jen\ unconciucr'd son far better sped, ■Waw aua'i bu thunder at his rival's head.