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  So haste they to cement the tiny pores

  That pierce their walls�察�and fill the crevices

  With pollen from the flowers�察�and glean and keep

  To this same end the glue�察�that binds more fast

  Than bird´lime or the pitch from Ida's pines。

  Oft too in burrowed holes�察�if fame be true��

  They make their cosy subterranean home��

  And deeply lodged in hollow rocks are found��

  Or in the cavern of an age´hewn tree。

  Thou not the less smear round their crannied cribs

  With warm smooth mud´coat�察�and strew leaves above��

  But near their home let neither yew´tree grow��

  Nor reddening crabs be roasted�察�and mistrust

  Deep marish´ground and mire with noisome smell��

  Or where the hollow rocks sonorous ring��

  And the word spoken buffets and rebounds。

    What more�拭�When now the golden sun has put

  Winter to headlong flight beneath the world��

  And oped the doors of heaven with summer ray��

  Forthwith they roam the glades and forests o'er��

  Rifle the painted flowers�察�or sip the streams��

  Light´hovering on the surface。 Hence it is

  With some sweet rapture�察�that we know not of��

  Their little ones they foster�察�hence with skill

  Work out new wax or clinging honey mould。

  So when the cage´escaped hosts you see

  Float heavenward through the hot clear air�察�until

  You marvel at yon dusky cloud that spreads

  And lengthens on the wind�察�then mark them well��

  For then 'tis ever the fresh springs they seek

  And bowery shelter�此�hither must you bring

  The savoury sweets I bid�察�and sprinkle them��

  Bruised balsam and the wax´flower's lowly weed��

  And wake and shake the tinkling cymbals heard

  By the great Mother�此�on the anointed spots

  Themselves will settle�察�and in wonted wise

  Seek of themselves the cradle's inmost depth。

    But if to battle they have hied them forth´

  For oft 'twixt king and king with uproar dire

  Fierce feud arises�察�and at once from far

  You may discern what passion sways the mob��

  And how their hearts are throbbing for the strife��

  Hark� �the hoarse brazen note that warriors know

  Chides on the loiterers�察�and the ear may catch

  A sound that mocks the war´trump's broken blasts��

  Then in hot haste they muster�察�then flash wings��

  Sharpen their pointed beaks and knit their thews��

  And round the king�察�even to his royal tent��

  Throng rallying�察�and with shouts defy the foe。

  So�察�when a dry Spring and clear space is given��

  Forth from the gates they burst�察�they clash on high��

  A din arises�察�they are heaped and rolled

  Into one mighty mass�察�and headlong fall��

  Not denselier hail through heaven�察�nor pelting so

  Rains from the shaken oak its acorn´shower。

  Conspicuous by their wings the chiefs themselves

  Press through the heart of battle�察�and display

  A giant's spirit in each pigmy frame��

  Steadfast no inch to yield till these or those

  The victor's ponderous arm has turned to flight。

  Such fiery passions and such fierce assaults

  A little sprinkled dust controls and quells。

  And now�察�both leaders from the field recalled��

  Who hath the worser seeming�察�do to death��

  Lest royal waste wax burdensome�察�but let

  His better lord it on the empty throne。

  One with gold´burnished flakes will shine like fire��

  For twofold are their kinds�察�the nobler he��

  Of peerless front and lit with flashing scales��

  That other�察�from neglect and squalor foul��

  Drags slow a cumbrous belly。 As with kings��

  So too with people�察�diverse is their mould��

  Some rough and loathly�察�as when the wayfarer

  Scapes from a whirl of dust�察�and scorched with heat

  Spits forth the dry grit from his parched mouth��

  The others shine forth and flash with lightning´gleam��

  Their backs all blazoned with bright drops of gold

  Symmetric�此�this the likelier breed�察�from these��

  When heaven brings round the season�察�thou shalt strain

  Sweet honey�察�nor yet so sweet as passing clear��

  And mellowing on the tongue the wine´god's fire。

    But when the swarms fly aimlessly abroad��

  Disport themselves in heaven and spurn their cells��

  Leaving the hive unwarmed�察�from such vain play

  Must you refrain their volatile desires��

  Nor hard the task�此�tear off the monarchs' wings��

  While these prove loiterers�察�none beside will dare

  Mount heaven�察�or pluck the standards from the camp。

  Let gardens with the breath of saffron flowers

  Allure them�察�and the lord of Hellespont��

  Priapus�察�wielder of the willow´scythe��

  Safe in his keeping hold from birds and thieves。

  And let the man to whom such cares are dear

  Himself bring thyme and pine´trees from the heights��

  And strew them in broad belts about their home��

  No hand but his the blistering task should ply��

  Plant the young slips�察�or shed the genial showers。

    And I myself�察�were I not even now

  Furling my sails�察�and�察�nigh the journey's end��

  Eager to turn my vessel's prow to shore��

  Perchance would sing what careful husbandry

  Makes the trim garden smile�察�of Paestum too��

  Whose roses bloom and fade and bloom again��

  How endives glory in the streams they drink��

  And green banks in their parsley�察�and how the gourd

  Twists through the grass and rounds him to paunch��

  Nor of Narcissus had my lips been dumb��

  That loiterer of the flowers�察�nor supple´stemmed

  Acanthus�察�with the praise of ivies pale��

  And myrtles clinging to the shores they love。

  For 'neath the shade of tall Oebalia's towers��

  Where dark Galaesus laves the yellowing fields��

  An old man once I mind me to have seen´

  From Corycus he came´ to whom had fallen

  Some few poor acres of neglected land��

  And they nor fruitful' neath the plodding steer��

  Meet for the grazing herd�察�nor good for vines。

  Yet he�察�the while his meagre garden´herbs

  Among the thorns he planted�察�and all round

  White lilies�察�vervains�察�and lean poppy set��

  In pride of spirit matched the wealth of kings��

  And home returning not till night was late��

  With unbought plenty heaped his board on high。

  He was the first to cull the rose in spring��

  He the ripe fruits in autumn�察�and ere yet

  Winter had ceased in sullen ire to rive

  The rocks with frost�察�and with her icy bit

  Curb in the running waters�察�there was he

  Plucking the rathe faint hyacinth�察�while he chid

  Summer's slow footsteps and the lagging West。

  Therefore he too with earliest brooding bees

  And their full swarms o'erflowed�察�and first was he

  To press the bubbling honey from the comb��

  Lime´trees were his�察�and many a branching pine��

  And all the fruits wherewith in early bloom

  The orchard´tree had clothed her�察�in full tale

  Hung there�察�by mellowing autumn perfected。

  He too transplanted tall´grown elms a´row��

  Time´toughened pear�察�thorns bursting with the plum

  And plane now yielding serviceable shade

  For dry lips to drink under�此�but these things��

  Shut off by rigorous limits�察�I pass by��

  And leave for others to sing after me。

    Come�察�then�察�I will unfold the natural powers

  Great Jove himself upon the bees bestowed��

  The boon for which�察�led by the shrill sweet strains

  Of the Curetes and their clashing brass��

  They fed the King of heaven in Dicte's cave。

  Alone of all things they receive and hold

  Community of offspring�察�and they house

  Together in one city�察�and beneath

  The shelter of majestic laws they live��

  And they alone fixed home and country know��

  And in the summer�察�warned of coming cold��

  Make proof of toil�察�and for the general store

  Hoard up their gathered harvesting。 For some

  Watch o'er the victualling of the hive�察�and these

  By settled order ply their tasks afield��

  And some within the confines of their home

  Plant firm the comb's first layer�察�Narcissus' tear��

  And sticky gum oozed from the bark of trees��

  Then set the clinging wax to hang therefrom。

  Others the while lead forth the full´grown young��

  Their country's hope�察�and others press and pack

  The thrice repured honey�察�and stretch their cells

  To bursting with the clear´strained nectar sweet。

  Some�察�too�察�the wardship of the gates befalls��

  Who watch in turn for showers and cloudy skies��

  Or ease returning labourers of their load��

  Or form a band and from their precincts drive

  The drones�察�a lazy herd。 How glows the work��

  How sweet the honey smells of perfumed thyme

  Like the Cyclopes�察�when in haste they forge

  From the slow´yielding ore the thunderbolts��

  Some from the bull's´hide bellows in and out

  Let the blasts drive�察�some dip i' the water´trough

  The sputtering metal�此�with the anvil's weight

  Groans Etna�此�they alternately in time

  With giant strength uplift their sinewy arms��

  Or twist the iron with the forceps' grip´

  Not otherwise�察�to measure small with great��

  The love of getting planted in their breasts

  Goads on the bees�察�that haunt old Cecrops' heights��

  Each in his sphere to labour。 The old have charge

  To keep the town�察�and build the walled combs��

  And mould the cunning chambers�察�but the youth��

  Their tired legs packed with thyme�察�come labouring home

  Belated�察�for afar they range to feed

  On arbutes and the grey´green willow´leaves��

  And cassia and the crocus blushing red��

  Glue´yielding limes�察�and hyacinths dusky´eyed。

  One hour for rest have all�察�and one for toil��

  With dawn they hurry from the gates´ no room

  For loiterers there�此�and once again�察�when even

  Now bids them quit their pasturing on the plain��

  Then homeward make they�察�then refresh their strength��

  A hum arises�此�hark� �they buzz and buzz

  About the doors and threshold�察�till at length

  Safe laid to rest they hush them for the night��

  And welcome slumber laps their weary limbs。

  But from the homestead not too far they fare��

  When showers hang like to fall�察�nor�察�east winds nigh��

  Confide in heaven�察�but 'neath the city walls

  Safe´circling fetch them water�察�or essay

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