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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