milkest

Updated: May 13, 2025

Sweet, meseems, is the whispering sound of yonder pine tree, goatherd, that murmureth by the wells of water; and sweet are thy pipings. After Pan the second prize shalt thou bear away, and if he take the horned goat, the she-goat shalt thou win; but if he choose the she-goat for his meed, the kid falls to thee, and dainty is the flesh of kids e'er the age when thou milkest them. The Goatherd.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose