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  Sees many a generation�察�many an age

  Of men roll onward�察�and survives them all��

  Stretching its titan arms and branches far��

  Sole central pillar of a world of shade。

    Nor toward the sunset let thy vineyards slope��

  Nor midst the vines plant hazel�察�neither take

  The topmost shoots for cuttings�察�nor from the top

  Of the supporting tree your suckers tear��

  So deep their love of earth�察�nor wound the plants

  With blunted blade�察�nor truncheons intersperse

  Of the wild olive�此�for oft from careless swains

  A spark hath fallen�察�that�察�'neath the unctuous rind

  Hid thief´like first�察�now grips the tough tree´bole��

  And mounting to the leaves on high�察�sends forth

  A roar to heaven�察�then coursing through the boughs

  And airy summits reigns victoriously��

  Wraps all the grove in robes of fire�察�and gross

  With pitch´black vapour heaves the murky reek

  Skyward�察�but chiefly if a storm has swooped

  Down on the forest�察�and a driving wind

  Rolls up the conflagration。 When 'tis so��

  Their root´force fails them�察�nor�察�when lopped away��

  Can they recover�察�and from the earth beneath

  Spring to like verdure�察�thus alone survives

  The bare wild olive with its bitter leaves。

    Let none persuade thee�察�howso weighty´wise��

  To stir the soil when stiff with Boreas' breath。

  Then ice´bound winter locks the fields�察�nor lets

  The young plant fix its frozen root to earth。

  Best sow your vineyards when in blushing Spring

  Comes the white bird long´bodied snakes abhor��

  Or on the eve of autumn's earliest frost��

  Ere the swift sun´steeds touch the wintry Signs��

  While summer is departing。 Spring it is

  Blesses the fruit´plantation�察�Spring the groves��

  In Spring earth swells and claims the fruitful seed。

  Then Aether�察�sire omnipotent�察�leaps down

  With quickening showers to his glad wife's embrace��

  And�察�might with might commingling�察�rears to life

  All germs that teem within her�察�then resound

  With songs of birds the greenwood´wildernesses��

  And in due time the herds their loves renew��

  Then the boon earth yields increase�察�and the fields

  Unlock their bosoms to the warm west winds��

  Soft moisture spreads o'er all things�察�and the blades

  Face the new suns�察�and safely trust them now��

  The vine´shoot�察�fearless of the rising south��

  Or mighty north winds driving rain from heaven��

  Bursts into bud�察�and every leaf unfolds。

  Even so�察�methinks�察�when Earth to being sprang��

  Dawned the first days�察�and such the course they held��

  'Twas Spring´tide then�察�ay�察�Spring�察�the mighty world

  Was keeping�此�Eurus spared his wintry blasts��

  When first the flocks drank sunlight�察�and a race

  Of men like iron from the hard glebe arose��

  And wild beasts thronged the woods�察�and stars the heaven。

  Nor could frail creatures bear this heavy strain��

  Did not so large a respite interpose

  'Twixt frost and heat�察�and heaven's relenting arms

  Yield earth a welcome。

                         For the rest�察�whate'er

  The sets thou plantest in thy fields�察�thereon

  Strew refuse rich�察�and with abundant earth

  Take heed to hide them�察�and dig in withal

  Rough shells or porous stone�察�for therebetween

  Will water trickle and fine vapour creep��

  And so the plants their drooping spirits raise。

  Aye�察�and there have been�察�who with weight of stone

  Or heavy potsherd press them from above��

  This serves for shield in pelting showers�察�and this

  When the hot dog´star chaps the fields with drought。

    The slips once planted�察�yet remains to cleave

  The earth about their roots persistently��

  And toss the cumbrous hoes�察�or task the soil

  With burrowing plough´share�察�and ply up and down

  Your labouring bullocks through the vineyard's midst��

  Then too smooth reeds and shafts of whittled wand��

  And ashen poles and sturdy forks to shape��

  Whereby supported they may learn to mount��

  Laugh at the gales�察�and through the elm´tops win

  From story up to story。

                         Now while yet

  The leaves are in their first fresh infant growth��

  Forbear their frailty�察�and while yet the bough

  Shoots joyfully toward heaven�察�with loosened rein

  Launched on the void�察�assail it not as yet

  With keen´edged sickle�察�but let the leaves alone

  Be culled with clip of fingers here and there。

  But when they clasp the elms with sturdy trunks

  Erect�察�then strip the leaves off�察�prune the boughs��

  Sooner they shrink from steel�察�but then put forth

  The arm of power�察�and stem the branchy tide。

    Hedges too must be woven and all beasts

  Barred entrance�察�chiefly while the leaf is young

  And witless of disaster�察�for therewith��

  Beside harsh winters and o'erpowering sun��

  Wild buffaloes and pestering goats for ay

  Besport them�察�sheep and heifers glut their greed。

  Nor cold by hoar´frost curdled�察�nor the prone

  Dead weight of summer upon the parched crags��

  So scathe it�察�as the flocks with venom´bite

  Of their hard tooth�察�whose gnawing scars the stem。

  For no offence but this to Bacchus bleeds

  The goat at every altar�察�and old plays

  Upon the stage find entrance�察�therefore too

  The sons of Theseus through the country´side´

  Hamlet and crossway´ set the prize of wit��

  And on the smooth sward over oiled skins

  Dance in their tipsy frolic。 Furthermore

  The Ausonian swains�察�a race from Troy derived��

  Make merry with rough rhymes and boisterous mirth��

  Grim masks of hollowed bark assume�察�invoke

  Thee with glad hymns�察�O Bacchus�察�and to thee

  Hang puppet´faces on tall pines to swing。

  Hence every vineyard teems with mellowing fruit��

  Till hollow vale o'erflows�察�and gorge profound��

  Where'er the god hath turned his comely head。

  Therefore to Bacchus duly will we sing

  Meet honour with ancestral hymns�察�and cates

  And dishes bear him�察�and the doomed goat

  Led by the horn shall at the altar stand��

  Whose entrails rich on hazel´spits we'll roast。

    This further task again�察�to dress the vine��

  Hath needs beyond exhausting�察�the whole soil

  Thrice�察�four times�察�yearly must be cleft�察�the sod

  With hoes reversed be crushed continually��

  The whole plantation lightened of its leaves。

  Round on the labourer spins the wheel of toil��

  As on its own track rolls the circling year。

  Soon as the vine her lingering leaves hath shed��

  And the chill north wind from the forests shook

  Their coronal�察�even then the careful swain

  Looks keenly forward to the coming year��

  With Saturn's curved fang pursues and prunes

  The vine forlorn�察�and lops it into shape。

  Be first to dig the ground up�察�first to clear

  And burn the refuse´branches�察�first to house

  Again your vine´poles�察�last to gather fruit。

  Twice doth the thickening shade beset the vine��

  Twice weeds with stifling briers o'ergrow the crop��

  And each a toilsome labour。 Do thou praise

  Broad acres�察�farm but few。 Rough twigs beside

  Of butcher's broom among the woods are cut��

  And reeds upon the river´banks�察�and still

  The undressed willow claims thy fostering care。

  So now the vines are fettered�察�now the trees

  Let go the sickle�察�and the last dresser now

  Sings of his finished rows�察�but still the ground

  Must vexed be�察�the dust be stirred�察�and heaven

  Still set thee trembling for the ripened grapes。

    Not so with olives�察�small husbandry need they��

  Nor look for sickle bowed or biting rake��

  When once they have gripped the soil�察�and borne the breeze。

  Earth of herself�察�with hooked fang laid bare��

  Yields moisture for the plants�察�and heavy fruit��

  The ploughshare aiding�察�therewithal thou'lt rear

  The olive's fatness well´beloved of Peace。

    Apples�察�moreover�察�soon as first they feel

  Their stems wax lusty�察�and have found their strength��

  To heaven climb swiftly�察�self´impelled�察�nor crave

  Our succour。 All the grove meanwhile no less

  With fruit is swelling�察�and the wild haunts of birds

  Blush with their blood´red berries。 Cytisus

  Is good to browse on�察�the tall forest yields

  Pine´torches�察�and the nightly fires are fed

  And shoot forth radiance。 And shall men be loath

  To plant�察�nor lavish of their pains�拭�Why trace

  Things mightier�拭�Willows even and lowly brooms

  To cattle their green leaves�察�to shepherds shade��

  Fences for crops�察�and food for honey yield。

  And blithe it is Cytorus to behold

  Waving with box�察�Narycian groves of pitch��

  Oh� �blithe the sight of fields beholden not

  To rake or man's endeavour� �the barren woods

  That crown the scalp of Caucasus�察�even these��

  Which furious blasts for ever rive and rend��

  Yield various wealth�察�pine´logs that serve for ships��

  Cedar and cypress for the homes of men��

  Hence�察�too�察�the farmers shave their wheel´spokes�察�hence

  Drums for their wains�察�and curved boat´keels fit��

  Willows bear twigs enow�察�the elm´tree leaves��

  Myrtle stout spear´shafts�察�war´tried cornel too��

  Yews into Ituraean bows are bent��

  Nor do smooth lindens or lathe´polished box

  Shrink from man's shaping and keen´furrowing steel��

  Light alder floats upon the boiling flood

  Sped down the Padus�察�and bees house their swarms

  In rotten holm´oak's hollow bark and bole。

  What of like praise can Bacchus' gifts afford��

  Nay�察�Bacchus even to crime hath prompted�察�he

  The wine´infuriate Centaurs quelled with death��

  Rhoetus and Pholus�察�and with mighty bowl

  Hylaeus threatening high the Lapithae。

    Oh� �all too happy tillers of the soil��

  Could they but know their blessedness�察�for whom

  Far from the clash of arms all´equal earth

  Pours from the ground herself their easy fare��

  What though no lofty palace portal´proud

  From all its chambers vomits forth a tide

  Of morning courtiers�察�nor agape they gaze

  On pillars with fair tortoise´shell inwrought��

  Gold´purfled robes�察�and bronze from Ephyre��

  Nor is the whiteness of their wool distained

  With drugs As

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