eclogue
n 1: a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life [syn:
{eclogue}, {bucolic}, {idyll}, {idyl}]
Eclogue \Ec"logue\, n. [L. ecloga, Gr. ? a selection, choice
extracts, fr. ? to pick out, choose out; 'ek out + ? to
gather, choose: cf. F. ['e]gloque, ['e]cloque. See {Ex-}, and
{Legend}.]
A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing
with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of
Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been
established.