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Georgic
1 I| reigns the eternal hush~Of night that knows no seasons, her 2 I| lend themselves ~In chilly night, or when the sun is young,~ 3 I| Dawn bedews the world. By night ’tis best~To reap light 4 I| stubble, and parched fields by night;~For nights the suppling 5 I| headlong, and through murky night~Long trails of fire white-glistening 6 I| caught by guile of cloudless night.~When first the moon recalls 7 I| and wind together. Me that night~Let no man bid fare forth 8 I| godless age~Trembled for night eternal; at that time~Howbeit 9 I| were seen upon the dusk of night,~And cattle spake, portentous! 10 II| the cool dews of one brief night repair.~Land which the burrowing 11 II| what check~The lingering night retards. But if to these~ 12 III| stars are ushering in the night.~But, yeaning ended, all 13 III| Oft their cattle day and night~Graze the whole month together, 14 III| them there,~There play the night out, and in festive glee~ 15 III| in the daylight hours, at night they press;~What darkling 16 III| down amid the plain,~At night retire belated and alone;~ 17 IV| home returning not till night was late,~With unbought 18 IV| rest they hush them for the night,~And welcome slumber laps 19 IV| farewell:~Girt with enormous night I am borne away,~Outstretching 20 IV| but she~Wails the long night, and perched upon a spray~