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... toil , Break with laborious steers the generous soil , And give the sun , through many a summer day , To bake the clod and feed with ripening ray ; But in light furrows turn th ' unfertile ground , When slow Arcturus wheels his ...
... toil , Break with laborious steers the generous soil , And give the sun , through many a summer day , To bake the clod and feed with ripening ray ; But in light furrows turn th ' unfertile ground , When slow Arcturus wheels his ...
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... toil redoubling toil , With sidelong furrow cross the furrow'd soil , Command the fields , exert despotic sway , Pursue thy triumph , and bid earth obey : So shall the Gods their gifts profusely shower , And Ceres ' smile o'erpay each ...
... toil redoubling toil , With sidelong furrow cross the furrow'd soil , Command the fields , exert despotic sway , Pursue thy triumph , and bid earth obey : So shall the Gods their gifts profusely shower , And Ceres ' smile o'erpay each ...
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... toil severe ; Oft noxious geese and the Strymonian crane Waste with voracious bill the plunder'd grain , Or succory spreads beneath its bitter root , Or gadding branches kill th ' o'ershadow'd fruit . Not to dull Indolence and transient ...
... toil severe ; Oft noxious geese and the Strymonian crane Waste with voracious bill the plunder'd grain , Or succory spreads beneath its bitter root , Or gadding branches kill th ' o'ershadow'd fruit . Not to dull Indolence and transient ...
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... toil . But if thy labour from the cultur'd plain Exact rich wheat , strong spelt , and bearded grain , Trust not the furrow , nor with lavish haste The promise of the year untimely waste , Before the Pleiads from the dawn retire , Or ...
... toil . But if thy labour from the cultur'd plain Exact rich wheat , strong spelt , and bearded grain , Trust not the furrow , nor with lavish haste The promise of the year untimely waste , Before the Pleiads from the dawn retire , Or ...
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... toil extend . For this the golden sun the earth divides , And , wheel'd thro ' twelve bright signs , his chariot guides . Five zones the heaven surround : the centre glows With fire unquench'd , and suns without repose : At each extreme ...
... toil extend . For this the golden sun the earth divides , And , wheel'd thro ' twelve bright signs , his chariot guides . Five zones the heaven surround : the centre glows With fire unquench'd , and suns without repose : At each extreme ...
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æther arms ARTHUR MURPHY Bacchus battle Bees bend beneath blast blood bloom boughs bound breathe brood brow burst Cæsar caves cells Ceres Chaonian clouds courser crown'd Cyrene dark deep domes dread Drones Dryads earth Eurus Eurydice faithful band fame feed field fierce fire flame flocks flood flower fruit galbanum gale genial GEORGICS glade glow golden grove heaven herds hive Jesuits Jove labour land leave light limbs load lonely mead native night nymphs o'er o'erflowing olive pale Paraguay plain plants plough poison'd pomp purple Queen race rage realm rear reign repose rich rill rise roll'd round rush Scorpius shade shelter'd shore showers sire soil spread spring steeds streams swain swarms sweets swell tempests thee thou thyme tide Tmolus toil vernal vines Virgil virgin waste wave wild WILLIAM SOTHEBY wind wing'd wings wood wound yield young youth