...recubans sub tegmine fagi silvcstrem tenui musani meditaris avena : nos patriae fines et duleia linquimus arva, nos patriam fugimus : tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas. The first two lines, each balanced as between epithets and nouns, are remarkable for their...

...recubans sub tegmine fagi, Silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena: Nos patriae finis, et dulcia linquimus arva Nos patriam fugimus: tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra, Formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas.36 The music of these lines derives partly from alliteration and partly from the assonantal...

...recubans sub tegmine fagi silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena; nos patriae finis et dulcia linquimus arva. nos patriam fugimus; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas. In dieser äusserst kunstfertig aufgebauten Sequenz mit zwei Antithesen, in einem Chiasmus...

...sub tegmine fagi siluestrem tenui Musam meditaris auena; nos patriae finis ct dulcia linquimus arua: nos patriam fugimus; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida siluas. Beneath a shady beech you may rehearse At ease, my Tityrus, your simple verse; I'm forced to...

...recubans sub tegmine fagi silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena; nos patriae finis et dulcía linquimus arva. nos patriam fugimus; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas. Tityrus O Meliboee, deus nobis haec otia fecit. namque erit ille mihi semper deus, illius aram...

...recubans sub tegminefagi, siluestrem tenui Musam meditaris .mena. Nos patriae finis et dulcia linquimus arva. Nos patriam fugimus. Tu. Tityre, lentus in umbra, formosam resonare doces Amaryllida siluas. Tan definitoria del género llegó a ser esta imagen con Virgilio, que Propercio la utiliza...

...sub tegmine fagi siluestrem tenui Musam meditaris auena; nos patriae finis et dulcia linquimus arua. nos patriam fugimus; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida siluas. (Tityrus, reclining under the cover of a spreading beech you meditate the woodland Muse on...

...weist das Stichwort formosus auf die programmatischen Anfangsverse der ersten Ekloge zurück (I 3-4): Nos patriam fugimus: tu Tityre, lentus in umbra Formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas. Der enteignete Meliboeus trifft den Hirten Tityrus, wie dieser Liebeslieder singt. Mit dieser...

...recubans sub tegmine fagi silvestrem tenui musam meditaris avena: nos patriae finis et dulcia linquimus arva. nos patriam fugimus: tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas. Tityrus, while you are reclining under the shelter of a spreading beech and rehearsing woodland...

...recubans sub tegmine fagi silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena; nos patriae finis et dulcia linquimus arva. nos patriam fugimus; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas. (1-5) You, Tityrus, resting under the cover of the spreading beech tree rehearse your woodland...