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Large the tree's self in semblance like a bay��
And�察�showered it not a different scent abroad��
A bay it had been�察�for no wind of heaven
Its foliage falls�察�the flower�察�none faster�察�clings��
With it the Medes for sweetness lave the lips��
And ease the panting breathlessness of age。
But no�察�not Mede´land with its wealth of woods��
Nor Ganges fair�察�and Hermus thick with gold��
Can match the praise of Italy�察�nor Ind��
Nor Bactria�察�nor Panchaia�察�one wide tract
Of incense´teeming sand。 Here never bulls
With nostrils snorting fire upturned the sod
Sown with the monstrous dragon's teeth�察�nor crop
Of warriors bristled thick with lance and helm��
But heavy harvests and the Massic juice
Of Bacchus fill its borders�察�overspread
With fruitful flocks and olives。 Hence arose
The war´horse stepping proudly o'er the plain��
Hence thy white flocks�察�Clitumnus�察�and the bull��
Of victims mightiest�察�which full oft have led��
Bathed in thy sacred stream�察�the triumph´pomp
Of Romans to the temples of the gods。
Here blooms perpetual spring�察�and summer here
In months that are not summer's�察�twice teem the flocks��
Twice doth the tree yield service of her fruit。
But ravening tigers come not nigh�察�nor breed
Of savage lion�察�nor aconite betrays
Its hapless gatherers�察�nor with sweep so vast
Doth the scaled serpent trail his endless coils
Along the ground�察�or wreathe him into spires。
Mark too her cities�察�so many and so proud��
Of mighty toil the achievement�察�town on town
Up rugged precipices heaved and reared��
And rivers undergliding ancient walls。
Or should I celebrate the sea that laves
Her upper shores and lower�拭�or those broad lakes��
Thee�察�Larius�察�greatest and�察�Benacus�察�thee
With billowy uproar surging like the main��
Or sing her harbours�察�and the barrier cast
Athwart the Lucrine�察�and how ocean chafes
With mighty bellowings�察�where the Julian wave
Echoes the thunder of his rout�察�and through
Avernian inlets pours the Tuscan tide��
A land no less that in her veins displays
Rivers of silver�察�mines of copper ore��
Ay�察�and with gold hath flowed abundantly。
A land that reared a valiant breed of men��
The Marsi and Sabellian youth�察�and�察�schooled
To hardship�察�the Ligurian�察�and with these
The Volscian javelin´armed�察�the Decii too��
The Marii and Camilli�察�names of might��
The Scipios�察�stubborn warriors�察�ay�察�and thee��
Great Caesar�察�who in Asia's utmost bounds
With conquering arm e'en now art fending far
The unwarlike Indian from the heights of Rome。
Hail� �land of Saturn�察�mighty mother thou
Of fruits and heroes�察�'tis for thee I dare
Unseal the sacred fountains�察�and essay
Themes of old art and glory�察�as I sing
The song of Ascra through the towns of Rome。
Now for the native gifts of various soils��
What powers hath each�察�what hue�察�what natural bent
For yielding increase。 First your stubborn lands
And churlish hill´sides�察�where are thorny fields
Of meagre marl and gravel�察�these delight
In long´lived olive´groves to Pallas dear。
Take for a sign the plenteous growth hard by
Of oleaster�察�and the fields strewn wide
With woodland berries。 But a soil that's rich��
In moisture sweet exulting�察�and the plain
That teems with grasses on its fruitful breast��
Such as full oft in hollow mountain´dell
We view beneath us´ from the craggy heights
Streams thither flow with fertilizing mud´
A plain which southward rising feeds the fern
By curved ploughs detested�察�this one day
Shall yield thee store of vines full strong to gush
In torrents of the wine´god�察�this shall be
Fruitful of grapes and flowing juice like that
We pour to heaven from bowls of gold�察�what time
The sleek Etruscan at the altar blows
His ivory pipe�察�and on the curved dish
We lay the reeking entrails。 If to rear
Cattle delight thee rather�察�steers�察�or lambs��
Or goats that kill the tender plants�察�then seek
Full´fed Tarentum's glades and distant fields��
Or such a plain as luckless Mantua lost
Whose weedy water feeds the snow´white swan��
There nor clear springs nor grass the flocks will fail��
And all the day´long browsing of thy herds
Shall the cool dews of one brief night repair。
Land which the burrowing share shows dark and rich��
With crumbling soil´ for this we counterfeit
In ploughing´ for corn is goodliest�察�from no field
More wains thou'lt see wend home with plodding steers��
Or that from which the husbandman in spleen
Has cleared the timber�察�and o'erthrown the copse
That year on year lay idle�察�and from the roots
Uptorn the immemorial haunt of birds��
They banished from their nests have sought the skies��
But the rude plain beneath the ploughshare's stroke
Starts into sudden brightness。 For indeed
The starved hill´country gravel scarce serves the bees
With lowly cassias and with rosemary��
Rough tufa and chalk too�察�by black water´worms
Gnawed through and through�察�proclaim no soils beside
So rife with serpent´dainties�察�or that yield
Such winding lairs to lurk in。 That again��
Which vapoury mist and flitting smoke exhales��
Drinks moisture up and casts it forth at will��
Which�察�ever in its own green grass arrayed��
Mars not the metal with salt scurf of rust´
That shall thine elms with merry vines enwreathe��
That teems with olive�察�that shall thy tilth prove kind
To cattle�察�and patient of the curved share。
Such ploughs rich Capua�察�such the coast that skirts
Thy ridge�察�Vesuvius�察�and the Clanian flood��
Acerrae's desolation and her bane。
How each to recognize now hear me tell。
Dost ask if loose or passing firm it be´
Since one for corn hath liking�察�one for wine��
The firmer sort for Ceres�察�none too loose
For thee�察�Lyaeus�拭� with scrutinizing eye
First choose thy ground�察�and bid a pit be sunk
Deep in the solid earth�察�then cast the mould
All back again�察�and stamp the surface smooth。
If it suffice not�察�loose will be the land��
More meet for cattle and for kindly vines��
But if�察�rebellious�察�to its proper bounds
The soil returns not�察�but fills all the trench
And overtops it�察�then the glebe is gross��
Look for stiff ridges and reluctant clods��
And with strong bullocks cleave the fallow crust。
Salt ground again�察�and bitter�察�as 'tis called´
Barren for fruits�察�by tilth untamable��
Nor grape her kind�察�nor apples their good name
Maintaining´ will in this wise yield thee proof��
Stout osier´baskets from the rafter´smoke��
And strainers of the winepress pluck thee down��
Hereinto let that evil land�察�with fresh
Spring´water mixed�察�be trampled to the full��
The moisture�察�mark you�察�will ooze all away��
In big drops issuing through the osier´withes��
But plainly will its taste the secret tell��
And with a harsh twang ruefully distort
The mouths of them that try it。 Rich soil again
We learn on this wise�此�tossed from hand to hand
Yet cracks it never�察�but pitch´like�察�as we hold��
Clings to the fingers。 A land with moisture rife
Breeds lustier herbage�察�and is more than meet
Prolific。 Ah I may never such for me
O'er´fertile prove�察�or make too stout a show
At the first earing� �Heavy land or light
The mute self´witness of its weight betrays。
A glance will serve to warn thee which is black��
Or what the hue of any。 But hard it is
To track the signs of that pernicious cold��
Pines only�察�noxious yews�察�and ivies dark
At times reveal its traces。
All these rules
Regarding�察�let your land�察�ay�察�long before��
Scorch to the quick�察�and into trenches carve
The mighty mountains�察�and their upturned clods
Bare to the north wind�察�ere thou plant therein
The vine's prolific kindred。 Fields whose soil
Is crumbling are the best�此�winds look to that��
And bitter hoar´frosts�察�and the delver's toil
Untiring�察�as he stirs the loosened glebe。
But those�察�whose vigilance no care escapes��
Search for a kindred site�察�where first to rear
A nursery for the trees�察�and eke whereto
Soon to translate them�察�lest the sudden shock
From their new mother the young plants estrange。
Nay�察�even the quarter of the sky they brand
Upon the bark�察�that each may be restored��
As erst it stood�察�here bore the southern heats��
Here turned its shoulder to the northern pole��
So strong is custom formed in early years。
Whether on hill or plain 'tis best to plant
Your vineyard first inquire。 If on some plain
You measure out rich acres�察�then plant thick��
Thick planting makes no niggard of the vine��
But if on rising mound or sloping bill��
Then let the rows have room�察�so none the less
Each line you draw�察�when all the trees are set��
May tally to perfection。 Even as oft
In mighty war�察�whenas the legion's length
Deploys its cohorts�察�and the column stands
In open plain�察�the ranks of battle set��
And far and near with rippling sheen of arms
The wide earth flickers�察�nor yet in grisly strife
Foe grapples foe�察�but dubious 'twixt the hosts
The war´god wavers�察�so let all be ranged
In equal rows symmetric�察�not alone
To feed an idle fancy with the view��
But since not otherwise will earth afford
Vigour to all alike�察�nor yet the boughs
Have power to stretch them into open space。
Shouldst haply of the furrow's depth inquire��
Even to a shallow trench I dare commit
The vine�察�but deeper in the ground is fixed
The tree that props it�察�aesculus in chief��
Which howso far its summit soars toward heaven��
So deep strikes root into the vaults of hell。
It therefore neither storms�察�nor blasts�察�nor showers
Wrench from its bed�察�unshaken it abides��
Sees many a generation�察�many an age
Of men roll onward�察�and survives them all��
Stretching its titan arms and branches