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Theocritus, translated into English Verse

FRAGMENT PROM THE "BERENICE."

Charles Stuart Calverley translation

Ye that would fain net fish and wealth withal, For bare existence harrowing yonder mere, To this our Lady slay at even-fall That holy fish, which, since it hath no peer For gloss and sheen, the dwellers about here Have named the Silver Fish. This done, let down Your nets, and draw them up, and never fear To find them empty * * * *

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