Georgic

 1    I|             brow,~Or as the boundless ocean’s God thou come,~Sole dread
 2    I|           bade the wolf go prowl, and ocean toss;~Shook from the leaves
 3    I| river-wise-The Bears that fearneath Ocean’s brim to dip.~There either,
 4    I|             all the panting firths of Ocean boil.~The Sire himself in
 5    I|            point to rise,~Than either Ocean’s firths begin to toss~And
 6   II|            Maecenas, and on this wide ocean launched~Spread sail like
 7   II|             groves which India bears,~Ocean’s near neighbour, earth’
 8   II|          Athwart the Lucrine, and how ocean chafes~With mighty bellowings,
 9   II|    winter-suns~So haste to dipneath ocean, or what check~The lingering
10   II|             vex~The darksome gulfs of Ocean with their oars,~Or rush
11  III|            hand~From empires twain on ocean’s either shore.~And breathing
12  III|             unthinking foe:~As in mid ocean when a wave far of~Begins
13  III|           steep of heaven, or dips~In ocean’s fiery bath his plunging
14  III|             by the haunts of men~Vast ocean’s offspring, and all tribes
15   IV|         permeates all-Earth, and wide ocean, and the vault of heaven -~
16   IV|           sighs,~As when the troubled ocean hoarsely booms~With back-swung
17   IV|                 she said,~“Pour we to Ocean.” Ocean, sire of all,~She
18   IV|             said,~“Pour we to Ocean.” Ocean, sire of all,~She worships,
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