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Utters a warning cry�察�nor parents' tears
Can backward call him�察�nor the maid he loves��
Too soon to die on his untimely pyre。
What of the spotted ounce to Bacchus dear��
Or warlike wolf´kin or the breed of dogs��
Why tell how timorous stags the battle join��
O'er all conspicuous is the rage of mares��
By Venus' self inspired of old�察�what time
The Potnian four with rending jaws devoured
The limbs of Glaucus。 Love´constrained they roam
Past Gargarus�察�past the loud Ascanian flood��
They climb the mountains�察�and the torrents swim��
And when their eager marrow first conceives
The fire�察�in Spring´tide chiefly�察�for with Spring
Warmth doth their frames revisit�察�then they stand
All facing westward on the rocky heights��
And of the gentle breezes take their fill��
And oft unmated�察�marvellous to tell��
But of the wind impregnate�察�far and wide
O'er craggy height and lowly vale they scud��
Not toward thy rising�察�Eurus�察�or the sun's��
But westward and north´west�察�or whence up´springs
Black Auster�察�that glooms heaven with rainy cold。
Hence from their groin slow drips a poisonous juice��
By shepherds truly named hippomanes��
Hippomanes�察�fell stepdames oft have culled��
And mixed with herbs and spells of baneful bode。
Fast flies meanwhile the irreparable hour��
As point to point our charmed round we trace。
Enough of herds。 This second task remains��
The wool´clad flocks and shaggy goats to treat。
Here lies a labour�察�hence for glory look��
Brave husbandmen。 Nor doubtfully know
How hard it is for words to triumph here��
And shed their lustre on a theme so slight��
But I am caught by ravishing desire
Above the lone Parnassian steep�察�I love
To walk the heights�察�from whence no earlier track
Slopes gently downward to Castalia's spring。
Now�察�awful Pales�察�strike a louder tone。
First�察�for the sheep soft pencotes I decree
To browse in�察�till green summer's swift return��
And that the hard earth under them with straw
And handfuls of the fern be littered deep��
Lest chill of ice such tender cattle harm
With scab and loathly foot´rot。 Passing thence
I bid the goats with arbute´leaves be stored��
And served with fresh spring´water�察�and their pens
Turned southward from the blast�察�to face the suns
Of winter�察�when Aquarius' icy beam
Now sinks in showers upon the parting year。
These too no lightlier our protection claim��
Nor prove of poorer service�察�howsoe'er
Milesian fleeces dipped in Tyrian reds
Repay the barterer�察�these with offspring teem
More numerous�察�these yield plenteous store of milk��
The more each dry´wrung udder froths the pail��
More copious soon the teat´pressed torrents flow。
Ay�察�and on Cinyps' bank the he´goats too
Their beards and grizzled chins and bristling hair
Let clip for camp´use�察�or as rugs to wrap
Seafaring wretches。 But they browse the woods
And summits of Lycaeus�察�and rough briers��
And brakes that love the highland�此�of themselves
Right heedfully the she´goats homeward troop
Before their kids�察�and with plump udders clogged
Scarce cross the threshold。 Wherefore rather ye��
The less they crave man's vigilance�察�be fain
From ice to fend them and from snowy winds��
Bring food and feast them with their branchy fare��
Nor lock your hay´loft all the winter long。
But when glad summer at the west wind's call
Sends either flock to pasture in the glades��
Soon as the day´star shineth�察�hie we then
To the cool meadows�察�while the dawn is young��
The grass yet hoary�察�and to browsing herds
The dew tastes sweetest on the tender sward。
When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought��
And shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song��
Then at the well´springs bid them�察�or deep pools��
From troughs of holm´oak quaff the running wave��
But at day's hottest seek a shadowy vale��
Where some vast ancient´timbered oak of Jove
Spreads his huge branches�察�or where huddling black
Ilex on ilex cowers in awful shade。
Then once more give them water sparingly��
And feed once more�察�till sunset�察�when cool eve
Allays the air�察�and dewy moonbeams slake
The forest glades�察�with halcyon's song the shore��
And every thicket with the goldfinch rings。
Of Libya's shepherds why the tale pursue��
Why sing their pastures and the scattered huts
They house in�拭�Oft their cattle day and night
Graze the whole month together�察�and go forth
Into far deserts where no shelter is��
So flat the plain and boundless。 All his goods
The Afric swain bears with him�察�house and home��
Arms�察�Cretan quiver�察�and Amyclaean dog��
As some keen Roman in his country's arms
Plies the swift march beneath a cruel load��
Soon with tents pitched and at his post he stands��
Ere looked for by the foe。 Not thus the tribes
Of Scythia by the far Maeotic wave��
Where turbid Ister whirls his yellow sands��
And Rhodope stretched out beneath the pole
Comes trending backward。 There the herds they keep
Close´pent in byres�察�nor any grass is seen
Upon the plain�察�nor leaves upon the tree��
But with snow´ridges and deep frost afar
Heaped seven ells high the earth lies featureless��
Still winter�拭�still the north wind's icy breath��
Nay�察�never sun disparts the shadows pale��
Or as he rides the steep of heaven�察�or dips
In ocean's fiery bath his plunging car。
Quick ice´crusts curdle on the running stream��
And iron´hooped wheels the water's back now bears��
To broad wains opened�察�as erewhile to ships��
Brass vessels oft asunder burst�察�and clothes
Stiffen upon the wearers�察�juicy wines
They cleave with axes�察�to one frozen mass
Whole pools are turned�察�and on their untrimmed beards
Stiff clings the jagged icicle。 Meanwhile
All heaven no less is filled with falling snow��
The cattle perish�此�oxen's mighty frames
Stand island´like amid the frost�察�and stags
In huddling herds�察�by that strange weight benumbed��
Scarce top the surface with their antler´points。
These with no hounds they hunt�察�nor net with toils��
Nor scare with terror of the crimson plume��
But�察�as in vain they breast the opposing block��
Butcher them�察�knife in hand�察�and so dispatch
Loud´bellowing�察�and with glad shouts hale them home。
Themselves in deep´dug caverns underground
Dwell free and careless�察�to their hearths they heave
Oak´logs and elm´trees whole�察�and fire them there��
There play the night out�察�and in festive glee
With barm and service sour the wine´cup mock。
So 'neath the seven´starred Hyperborean wain
The folk live tameless�察�buffeted with blasts
Of Eurus from Rhipaean hills�察�and wrap
Their bodies in the tawny fells of beasts。
If wool delight thee�察�first�察�be far removed
All prickly boskage�察�burrs and caltrops�察�shun
Luxuriant pastures�察�at the outset choose
White flocks with downy fleeces。 For the ram��
How white soe'er himself�察�be but the tongue
'Neath his moist palate black�察�reject him�察�lest
He sully with dark spots his offspring's fleece��
And seek some other o'er the teeming plain。
Even with such snowy bribe of wool�察�if ear
May trust the tale�察�Pan�察�God of Arcady��
Snared and beguiled thee�察�Luna�察�calling thee
To the deep woods�察�nor thou didst spurn his call。
But who for milk hath longing�察�must himself
Carry lucerne and lotus´leaves enow
With salt herbs to the cote�察�whence more they love
The streams�察�more stretch their udders�察�and give back
A subtle taste of saltness in the milk。
Many there be who from their mothers keep
The new´born kids�察�and straightway bind their mouths
With iron´tipped muzzles。 What they milk at dawn��
Or in the daylight hours�察�at night they press��
What darkling or at sunset�察�this ere morn
They bear away in baskets´ for to town
The shepherd hies him´ or with dash of salt
Just sprinkle�察�and lay by for winter use。
Nor be thy dogs last cared for�察�but alike
Swift Spartan hounds and fierce Molossian feed
On fattening whey。 Never�察�with these to watch��
Dread nightly thief afold and ravening wolves��
Or Spanish desperadoes in the rear。
And oft the shy wild asses thou wilt chase��
With hounds�察�too�察�hunt the hare�察�with hounds the doe��
Oft from his woodland wallowing´den uprouse
The boar�察�and scare him with their baying�察�and drive��
And o'er the mountains urge into the toils
Some antlered monster to their chiming cry。
Learn also scented cedar´wood to burn
Within the stalls�察�and snakes of noxious smell
With fumes of galbanum to drive away。
Oft under long´neglected cribs�察�or lurks
A viper ill to handle�察�that hath fled
The light in terror�察�or some snake�察�that wont
'Neath shade and sheltering roof to creep�察�and shower
Its bane among the cattle�察�hugs the ground��
Fell scourge of kine。 Shepherd�察�seize stakes�察�seize stones��
And as he rears defiance�察�and puffs out
A hissing throat�察�down with him� �see how low
That cowering crest is vailed in flight�察�the while��
His midmost coils and final sweep of tail
Relaxing�察�the last fold drags lingering spires。
Then that vile worm that in Calabrian glades
Uprears his breast�察�and wreathes a scaly back��
His length of belly pied with mighty spots´
While from their founts gush any streams�察�while yet
With showers of Spring and rainy south´winds earth
Is moistened�察�lo� �he haunts the pools�察�and here
Housed in the banks�察�with fish and chattering frogs
Crams the black void of his insatiate maw。
Soon as the fens are parched�察�and earth with heat
Is gaping�察�forth he darts into the dry��
Rolls eyes of fire and rages through the fields��
Furious from thirst and by the drought dismayed。
Me list not then beneath the open heaven
To snatch soft slumber�察�nor on forest´ridge
Lie stretched along the g