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Nereides
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Eclogue
I.
Cymothoe
.
Glaucus
.
Cym.
Think
,
Glaucus
was
a
Fisherman
,
who
by
eating
a
certain
Herb
is
feign'd
to
have
been
chang'd
into
a
Sea-God
.
Glaucus
,
you
were
once
a
fishing
Swain
,
Till
urg'd
by
potent
Herbs
you
left
the
Plain
;
That
you
were
bred
on
Earth
,
you
fully
prove
,
And
thence
you
know
to
feign
deceitful
Love
.
But
think
,
Ingrate
,
when
first
you
hither
came
,
How
strange
you
look'd
,
how
awkwardly
you
swam
.
When
artless
first
you
try'd
the
unknown
Sea
,
I
taught
you
how
to
plow
the
liquid
way
;
I
show'd
you
all
the
Secrets
of
the
Deep
,
And
vaulted
Rocks
where
weary
Tritons
sleep
.
I
show'd
you
Islands
yet
unknown
to
Men
,
Where
wanton
Nereids
meet
,
and
sport
unseen
.
Oft
have
I
wound
in
Plaits
the
yielding
Reed
,
And
plac'd
the
well-wrought
Garland
on
your
Head
.
Oft
have
I
choicest
Fish
with
Labour
caught
,
And
the
sweet
Prey
to
you
a
Present
brought
.
To
me
in
vain
love-sick
Palæmon
cry'd
,
While
I
regardless
past
with
sullen
Pride
;
Oft
the
kind
Youth
would
near
Cymothoe
swim
,
And
fondly
ask
,
if
I
would
bath
with
him
.
Yet
you
,
an
Earth-born
Wretch
,
ungrateful
prove
,
No
more
Cymothoe
,
but
Cyano
love
;
Blue-ey'd
Cyano
love
,
that
matchless
Fair
,
Tho'
flat
her
Nose
,
and
thin
her
falling
Hair
;
The
Nymph
,
whom
most
despise
,
and
none
admire
,
Glaucus
alone
pursues
with
fond
Desire
.
Since
then
I
am
(
too
credulous
)
betray'd
,
I'll
live
no
more
a
wretched
worthless
Maid
;
Since
you
are
false
,
I'll
leave
the
hated
Sea
,
And
yield
my
self
to
Fishermen
a
Prey
.
I
shall
on
Shore
be
as
a
Monster
shown
,
And
trumpeted
for
Pence
thro'
ev'ry
Town
,
While
you
well-pleas'd
with
lov'd
Cyano
toy
,
And
in
some
conscious
Cliff
the
beauteous
Nymph
enjoy
.
Thus
sadly
plaining
fond
Cymothoe
said
,
And
Glaucus
thus
appeas'd
the
angry
Maid
.
Glauc
.
Cymothoe
wrongs
her
Glaucus
,
and
her
self
,
To
think
I
languish
for
that
scaly
Elf
.
The
wanton
Nymph
indeed
has
often
strove
To
bribe
my
Service
,
and
engage
my
Love
,
With
Gifts
of
shining
Pearls
,
and
thought
to
please
With
coral
Twigs
,
and
fragrant
Ambergriese
;
But
still
I
sought
the
trifling
Maid
to
shun
;
(
Your
Love
preserves
what
first
your
Beauty
won
)
Nor
shall
I
e'er
that
happy
Time
forget
,
When
first
I
left
my
Boat
,
and
Fishing-Net
;
And
how
you
taught
me
artfully
to
swim
,
To
dive
for
Pearls
,
and
steepy
Rocks
to
climb
;
You
taught
to
hunt
the
Shark
,
and
boldly
stride
The
flouncing
Horse
,
and
quell
his
foamy
Pride
.
Believe
not
,
Fair
,
that
I
can
prove
untrue
,
Or
any
Water-Beauty
love
,
but
you
.
No
,
first
the
Waves
shall
lose
their
biting
Salts
,
The
Winds
shall
cease
to
sound
in
hollow
Vaults
,
And
wanton
Fish
shall
leave
their
native
Seas
,
And
bask
on
Earth
,
or
browze
on
leavy
Trees
.
Cymo
.
If
Glaucus
will
be
kind
,
and
constant
prove
,
Let
us
review
those
Scenes
of
former
Love
,
And
sink
embracing
to
th'Abyss
below
,
Where
spiry
Herbs
,
and
lovely
Coral
grow
;
The
Ocean
has
its
Groves
,
and
gloomy
Shades
,
And
chrystal
Springs
below
,
and
cooling
Glades
.
Fond
you
once
thought
that
nothing
here
cou'd
please
,
But
we
have
fairer
Meads
,
and
taller
Trees
Than
you
on
Sun-burnt
,
sapless
Earth
cou'd
boast
,
Whose
fading
Beauties
are
too
quickly
lost
.
The
Glories
of
their
Spring
are
soon
defac'd
By
miry
Storms
,
and
tost
by
ev'ry
Blast
.
But
see
,
the
Birds
in
noisy
Troops
are
join'd
,
I
hear
the
distant
Murmurs
of
the
Wind
.
The
Vapours
into
dark
Confusion
blend
,
And
will
e'er
long
in
sudden
Spouts
descend
.
The
angry
Waves
begin
their
uncouth
Noise
,
And
teeming
Clouds
bring
down
the
falling
Skies
.
Hast
then
,
my
Glaucus
,
to
those
peaceful
Meads
And
reedy
Plains
,
where
hoary
Phorcys
feeds
His
numerous
Herds
;
where
neither
Storms
nor
Rain
Molest
the
Trees
,
nor
incommode
the
Swain
;
Where
unmixt
Waters
are
as
Chrystal
clear
,
And
warm
as
Summer
glooms
,
and
fine
as
Air
.
A
faintish
Light
shines
thro'
the
watry
Green
,
And
lets
us
see
enough
,
but
—
not
be
seen
,
The
spangl'd
Glories
of
the
Plain
reveals
With
Pebbles
checquer'd
,
and
with
Azure
Shells
.
Dive
,
Glaucus
,
swift
,
and
let
us
sinking
move
Down
to
the
Center
of
the
World
,
and
—
Love
.