Georgic

 1    I|     come,~Sole dread of seamen, till far Thule bow~Before thee,
 2    I|      And let the clods lie bare till baked to dust~By the ripe
 3    I|       hearth~The wood they hang till the smoke knows it well.~
 4    I|        begin,~Pursue thy sowing till half the frosts be done.~
 5    I|   veiled~In iron-hued darkness, till a godless age~Trembled for
 6    I|       lord of floods,~Eridanus, till through all the plain are
 7   II|     teems with mellowing fruit,~Till hollow vale oerflows, and
 8  III|       Disease and dolorous eld; till travail sore~And death unpitying
 9  III|      terror through the groves,~Till heaven is madded by their
10  III| strength with smouldering fire, till he forget~Both grass and
11  III| pencotes I decree~To browse in, till green summer’s swift return;~
12  III|  sparingly,~And feed once more, till sunset, when cool eve~Allays
13  III|      rot~In hideous corruption, till men learn~With earth to
14  III|        erran~His noisome limbs, till, no long tarriance made,~
15   IV|      Steadfast no inch to yield till these or those~The victor’
16   IV|          And home returning not till night was late,~With unbought
17   IV|        the doors and threshold; till at length~Safe laid to rest
18   IV|      fleeting breeze they take,~Till, like a shower that pours
19   IV|      pipes her dolorous strain,~Till all the region with her
20   IV|        clouds they spread them, till at last~On yon tree-top
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