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Nor is the whiteness of their wool distained With drugs Assyrian�察�nor clear
olive's use With cassia tainted�察�yet untroubled calm�察�A life that knows no
falsehood�察 �rich enow With various treasures�察 �yet broad´acred ease�察�
Grottoes and living lakes�察 �yet Tempes cool�察 �Lowing of kine�察 �and sylvan
slumbers soft�察�They lack not�察�lawns and wild beasts' haunts are there�察�A
youth of labour patient�察 �need´inured�察 �Worship�察 �and reverend sires�此 �with
them from earth Departing justice her last footprints left。 Me before all
things may the Muses sweet�察 �Whose rites I bear with mighty passion
pierced�察 �Receive�察 �and show the paths and stars of heaven�察 �The sun's
eclipses and the labouring moons�察�From whence the earthquake�察�by what
power the seas Swell from their depths�察�and�察�every barrier burst�察�Sink back
upon themselves�察�why winter´suns So haste to dip 'neath ocean�察�or what
check The lingering night retards。 But if to these High realms of nature the
cold curdling blood About my heart bar access�察�then be fields And stream´
washed vales my solace�察�let me love Rivers and woods�察�inglorious。 Oh for
you Plains�察�and Spercheius�察�and Taygete�察�By Spartan maids o'er´revelled� �
Oh�察�for one�察�Would set me in deep dells of Haemus cool�察�And shield me
with his boughs' o'ershadowing might� �Happy�察 �who had the skill to
understand Nature's hid causes�察�and beneath his feet All terrors cast�察�and
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death's relentless doom�察�And the loud roar of greedy Acheron。 Blest too is
he who knows the rural gods�察 �Pan�察 �old Silvanus�察 �and the sister´nymphs� �
Him nor the rods of public power can bend�察�Nor kingly purple�察�nor fierce
feud that drives Brother to turn on brother�察�nor descent Of Dacian from the
Danube's leagued flood�察�Nor Rome's great State�察�nor kingdoms like to die�察�
Nor hath he grieved through pitying of the poor�察�Nor envied him that hath。
What fruit the boughs�察�And what the fields�察�of their own bounteous will
Have borne�察�he gathers�察�nor iron rule of laws�察�Nor maddened Forum have
his eyes beheld�察 �Nor archives of the people。 Others vex The darksome
gulfs of Ocean with their oars�察 �Or rush on steel�此 �they press within the
courts And doors of princes�察 �one with havoc falls Upon a city and its
hapless hearths�察�From gems to drink�察�on Tyrian rugs to lie�察�This hoards his
wealth and broods o'er buried gold�察�One at the rostra stares in blank amaze�察�
One gaping sits transported by the cheers�察�The answering cheers of plebs
and senate rolled Along the benches�此�bathed in brothers' blood Men revel�察�
and�察 �all delights of hearth and home For exile changing�察 �a new country
seek Beneath an alien sun。 The husbandman With hooked ploughshare
turns the soil�察�from hence Springs his year's labour�察�hence�察�too�察�he sustains
Country and cottage homestead�察�and from hence His herds of cattle and
deserving steers。 No respite� �still the year o'erflows with fruit�察�Or young of
kine�察�or Ceres' wheaten sheaf�察�With crops the furrow loads�察�and bursts the
barns。 Winter is come�此 �in olive´mills they bruise The Sicyonian berry�察�
acorn´cheered The swine troop homeward�察�woods their arbutes yield�察�So�察�
various fruit sheds Autumn�察 �and high up On sunny rocks the mellowing
vintage bakes。 Meanwhile about his lips sweet children cling�察�His chaste
house keeps its purity�察�his kine Drop milky udders�察�and on the lush green
grass Fat kids are striving�察�horn to butting horn。 Himself keeps holy days�察�
stretched o'er the sward�察 �Where round the fire his comrades crown the
bowl�察 �He pours libation�察 �and thy name invokes�察 �Lenaeus�察 �and for the
herdsmen on an elm Sets up a mark for the swift javelin�察�they Strip their
tough bodies for the rustic sport。 Such life of yore the ancient Sabines led�察�
Such Remus and his brother�此�Etruria thus�察�Doubt not�察�to greatness grew�察�
and Rome became The fair world's fairest�察�and with circling wall Clasped
to her single breast the sevenfold hills。 Ay�察�ere the reign of Dicte's king�察�ere
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men�察�Waxed godless�察 �banqueted on slaughtered bulls�察 �Such life on earth
did golden Saturn lead。 Nor ear of man had heard the war´trump's blast�察�
Nor clang of sword on stubborn anvil set。 But lo� �a boundless space we
have travelled o'er�察�'Tis time our steaming horses to unyoke。
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GEORGIC III
Thee too�察 �great Pales�察 �will I hymn�察 �and thee�察�Amphrysian shepherd�察�
worthy to be sung�察�You�察 �woods and waves Lycaean。 All themes beside�察�
Which else had charmed the vacant mind with song�察 �Are now waxed
common。 Of harsh Eurystheus who The story knows not�察�or that praiseless
king Busiris�察 �and his altars�拭 �or by whom Hath not the tale been told of
Hylas young�察 �Latonian Delos and Hippodame�察�And Pelops for his ivory
shoulder famed�察�Keen charioteer�拭�Needs must a path be tried�察�By which I
too may lift me from the dust�察�And float triumphant through the mouths of
men。 Yea�察�I shall be the first�察�so life endure�察�To lead the Muses with me�察�as
I pass To mine own country from the Aonian height�察�I�察�Mantua�察�first will
bring thee back the palms Of Idumaea�察�and raise a marble shrine On thy
green plain fast by the water´side�察�Where Mincius winds more vast in lazy
coils�察�And rims his margent with the tender reed。 Amid my shrine shall
Caesar's godhead dwell。 To him will I�察�as victor�察�bravely dight In Tyrian
purple�察�drive along the bank A hundred four´horse cars。 All Greece for me�察�
Leaving Alpheus and Molorchus' grove�察�On foot shall strive�察�or with the
raw´hide glove�察�Whilst I�察�my head with stripped green olive crowned�察�Will
offer gifts。 Even 'tis present joy To lead the high processions to the fane�察�
And view the victims felled�察�or how the scene Sunders with shifted face�察�
and Britain's sons Inwoven thereon with those proud curtains rise。 Of gold
and massive ivory on the doors I'll trace the battle of the Gangarides�察�And
our Quirinus' conquering arms�察 �and there Surging with war�察 �and hugely
flowing�察 �the Nile�察 �And columns heaped on high with naval brass。 And
Asia's vanquished cities I will add�察�And quelled Niphates�察�and the Parthian
foe�察�Who trusts in flight and backward´volleying darts�察�And trophies torn
with twice triumphant hand From empires twain on ocean's either shore。
And breathing forms of Parian marble there Shall stand�察�the offspring of
Assaracus�察�And great names of the Jove´descended folk�察�And father Tros�察�
and Troy's first founder�察�lord Of Cynthus。 And accursed Envy there Shall
dread the Furies�察 �and thy ruthless flood�察 �Cocytus�察 �and Ixion's twisted
snakes�察 �And that vast wheel and ever´baffling stone。 Meanwhile the
Dryad´haunted woods and lawns Unsullied seek we�察�'tis thy hard behest�察�
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Maecenas。 Without thee no lofty task My mind essays。 Up� �break the
sluggish bonds Of tarriance�察�with loud din Cithaeron calls�察�Steed´taming
Epidaurus�察�and thy hounds�察�Taygete�察�and hark� �the assenting groves With
peal on peal reverberate the roar。 Yet must I gird me to rehearse ere long
The fiery fights of Caesar�察�speed his name Through ages�察�countless as to
Caesar's self From the first birth´dawn of Tithonus old。 If eager for the
prized Olympian palm One breed the horse�察�or bullock strong to plough�察�
Be his prime care a shapely dam to choose。 Of kine grim´faced is
goodliest�察�with coarse head And burly neck�察�whose hanging dewlaps reach
From chin to knee�察�of boundless length her flank�察�Large every way she is�察�
large´footed even�察�With incurved horns and shaggy ears beneath。 Nor let
mislike me one with spots of white Conspicuous�察�or that spurns the yoke�察�
whose horn At times hath vice in't�此�liker bull´faced she�察�And tall´limbed
wholly�察�and with tip of tail Brushing her footsteps as she walks along。 The
age for Hymen's rites�察 �Lucina's pangs�察 �Ere ten years ended�察 �after four
begins�察�Their residue of days nor apt to teem�察�Nor strong for ploughing。
Meantime�察�while youth's delight Survives within them�察�loose the males�此�be
first To speed thy herds of cattle to their loves�察�Breed stock with stock�察�and
keep the race supplied。 Ah� �life's best hours are ever first to fly From
hapless mortals�察 �in their place succeed Disease and dolorous eld�察 �till
travail sore And death unpitying sweep them from the scene。 Still will be
some�察 �whose form thou fain wouldst change�察 �Renew them still�察 �with
yearly choice of young Preventing losses�察 �lest too late thou rue。 Nor
steeds crave less selection�察�but on those Thou think'st to rear�察�the promise
of their line�察�From earliest youth thy chiefest pains bestow。 See from the
first yon high´bred colt afield�察 �His lofty step�察 �his limbs' elastic tread�此�
Dauntless he leads the herd�察�still first to try The threatening flood�察�or brave
the unknown bridge�察 �By no vain noise affrighted�察 �lofty´necked�察 �With
clean´cut head�察�short belly�察�and stout back�察�His sprightly breast exuberant
with brawn。 Chestnut and grey are good�察�the worst´hued white And sorrel。
Then lo� �if arms are clashed afar�察 �Bide still he cannot�此 �ears stiffen and
limbs quake�察�His nostrils snort and roll out wreaths of fire。 Dense is his
mane�察 �that when uplifted falls On his right shoulder�察 �betwixt either loin
The spine runs double�察 �his earth´dinting hoof Rings with the ponderous
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beat of solid horn。 Even such a horse was Cyllarus�察�reined and tamed By
Pollux of Amyclae�察�such the pair In Grecian song renowned�察�those steeds
of Mars�察�And famed Achilles' team�此�in such´like form Great Saturn's self
with mane flung loose on neck Sped at his