Season

 1 Spring|        him speak his mind,~Then e'en a simple boor must spit
 2 Spring|        shoots, and kills. ~"But e'en among the birds there
 3 Spring|        the flock so much, ~That e'en the eagle brave could
 4 Spring|     life would never rush, ~And e'en his father, Stepas, never
 5 Summer|         to curse so loud, ~That e'en the solid ground and
 6 Summer|       acted like a fiend, ~That e'ven the flocks of birds
 7 Summer|        down into the pond. ~And e'en the rats with mice and
 8 Summer|        always he said Jus; ~And e'en when scolding he always
 9 Summer|      harrow and to plow. ~For I e'en as a silly lad had lots
10 Summer|       dollars for his pay, ~And e'en is not ashamed to pry
11 Summer|         now some of our men are e'en ashamed to eat ~Their
12 Summer|        And yet the lousy knave, e'en if you feign to hire
13 Summer|       his hone and scythe, ~And e'en found not his house until
14 Summer|      drink to such excess, that e'en the rustics blush; ~Of
15 Summer|         in German clothes, ~And e'en could not pronounce the
16 Summer|     Good Lord, there'll be none e'en to taste. ~They say the
17 Summer|       picked a single nut -~Not e'en the tiny one, a little
18 Summer|      honey-flavored nut.' ~"But e'en a measly nut should not
19 Summer|        bits of condiments. ~And e'en the oatmeal pap, our
20 Autumn|   became hilariously gay; ~They e'en began to play their silly
21 Autumn|        squeaky songs arose,~And e'en the nags outside began
22 Autumn|          It oftentimes ensnares e'en the most brilliant man. ~
23 Autumn|      men feared trouble so that e'en their pipes they dropped. ~
24 Autumn|        and tasteless brew, ~Yet e'en for such scant gifts
25 Autumn|         the sun, the stars, and e'en the frigid moon. ~There'
26 Autumn|     plow - ~Or harrow parts, or e'en a lone tooth of a rake. ~
27 Autumn|     chief damns me so much that e'en my hair stands up. ~Boors,
28 Autumn|       causes me great pain, and e'en a greater shame - ~Especially
29 Autumn|       of ridicule by all - ~Now e'en the children jeer and
30 Autumn|    vines with such force, ~That e'en the mice beneath the
31 Autumn|        about the piggeries,~And e'en about the slaughtered
32 Autumn|    feasts and gatherings. ~"And e'en the wooden shoes that
33 Autumn|       And shoes, our sires were e'en ashamed to speak of them,~
34 Autumn|      Paikius, who does not know e'en the Lord's prayer too
35 Winter|         bow down and wail. ~And e'en the fallen trees and
36 Winter|      pearly dust of snow. ~Too, e'en the beasts of wood of
37 Winter|       wear our woolen frocks or e'en our sheepskin coats, ~
38 Winter|     apart. ~Those slaughterers, e'en when filled up with luscious
39 Winter|        steal or to defraud, ~Or e'en a German, telling crafty
40 Winter|       of the boors. ~'Tis awful e'en to hear when at the gatherings ~
41 Winter|         Lord God as a joke!~But e'en this foe of God cries
42 Winter|        fools - and 'tis a shame e'en to admit - ~So oft the
43 Winter|       loud shot rang out, ~That e'en the solid ground and
44 Winter|        boor each year must do - e'en though I fail~In bringing
45 Winter|       ere long will have to eat e'en rats and owls." ~Prickus
46 Winter|       striding day by day! ~Now e'en the simpleton that skins
47 Winter|     times he swore so much that e'en his children cried;~At
48 Winter|    times he prayed so loud that e'en his voice grew hoarse;~
49 Winter|      alms. ~So let's not clown, e'en though the rulers stretch
50 Winter|         to retain their farms. ~E'en though the Germans hold
51 Winter|        within the forests wide,~E'en in the winter time still
52 Winter|     thus cannot foretell. ~"And e'en the frozen fields, which
53 Winter|         setting out to plow and e'en to seed the soil?~All
54 Winter| thoughts to us seem bottomless,~E'en when at times we dare