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... rest th ' exhausted earth , And gradual fit the soil for future birth ; Or sow with golden corn the furrow'd clod , Where the bean harvest burst the shatter'd pod , Or the light vetch , and bitter lupine grew , Bow'd to the gale and ...
... rest th ' exhausted earth , And gradual fit the soil for future birth ; Or sow with golden corn the furrow'd clod , Where the bean harvest burst the shatter'd pod , Or the light vetch , and bitter lupine grew , Bow'd to the gale and ...
Page 14
... rest and labour weighs , And parts with equal balance nights and days , Goad , goad the steer , the barley seed enclose , Till winter binds the ground in dead repose . When dry the glebe , beneath the genial earth Hide the young flax ...
... rest and labour weighs , And parts with equal balance nights and days , Goad , goad the steer , the barley seed enclose , Till winter binds the ground in dead repose . When dry the glebe , beneath the genial earth Hide the young flax ...
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... rest Olympus pois'd on Ossa's towering crest . Jove gaz'd indignant as the structure grew , And , thundering , thrice the mountain mass o'erthrew . Seventh from the tenth , the hours propitious shine , To weave , to tame the steer , and ...
... rest Olympus pois'd on Ossa's towering crest . Jove gaz'd indignant as the structure grew , And , thundering , thrice the mountain mass o'erthrew . Seventh from the tenth , the hours propitious shine , To weave , to tame the steer , and ...
Page 18
... Rests the long labours of the wearied swain . Then the gay hind unlocks his hoarded store , Piles social feasts , and jests the goblet o'er ; The genial time invites ; th ' elastic mind Springs from its load , and leaves its cares ...
... Rests the long labours of the wearied swain . Then the gay hind unlocks his hoarded store , Piles social feasts , and jests the goblet o'er ; The genial time invites ; th ' elastic mind Springs from its load , and leaves its cares ...
Page 53
... disgorge the flatterer's refluent tide ; Though nor thy gaze on gem - wrought columns rest , The brazen bust , and gold - embroider'd vest ; Nor poisoning Tyre thy snowy fleeces soil , Nor casia GEORGICS ...... BOOK II . 53.
... disgorge the flatterer's refluent tide ; Though nor thy gaze on gem - wrought columns rest , The brazen bust , and gold - embroider'd vest ; Nor poisoning Tyre thy snowy fleeces soil , Nor casia GEORGICS ...... BOOK II . 53.
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