at princeps generis quanto maiora paravit intra pastorem sibi nomina! Daphnin amarunt Sicelides Musae; dexter donavit avena Phoebus Castalia et iussit, proiectus in herba si quando caneret, laetos per prata, per arva ad Daphnin properare greges rivosque silere.
But how much greater the fame gained by his ancestor who was content with a shepherds life! The Sicilian Muses loved Daphnis; Apollo favoured him and gave him the shepherds pipe from Castalia, and bade the brooks keep silence and the happy flocks to hasten over meadow and field to hear Daphnis, whenever he lay on the grass and sang.
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