Georgic

 1    I|     Binding thy mother’s myrtle round thy brow,~Or as the boundless
 2    I|         Twixt the two Bears and round them river-wise-The Bears
 3    I|         warnings in her monthly round~The moon should give, what
 4    I|   ocean-fowl and those that pry~Round Asian meads within thy fresher-pools,~
 5   II|        lightened of its leaves.~Round on the labourer spins the
 6   II| stretched oer the sward,~Where round the fire his comrades crown
 7  III|         rock-flung shadow lies.~Round wooded Silarus and the ilex-bowers~
 8  III|        first of slender withies round the throat~Loose collars
 9  III|      point to point our charmed round we trace.~Enough of herds.
10  III|        pries about the pen,~Nor round the flock prowls nightly;
11   IV|        heavy-laden breath~Bloom round about, and violet-beds hard
12   IV|         Thou not the less smear round their crannied cribs~With
13   IV|       and knit their thews,~And round the king, even to his royal
14   IV|       these,~When heaven brings round the season, thou shalt strain~
15   IV|      thorns he planted, and all round~White lilies, vervains,
16   IV|     Arched mountain-wise closed round him, and within~Its mighty
17   IV|        Strode from the billows: round him frolicking~The watery
18   IV|     before their fathers’ eyes.~Round them, with black slime choked
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