Georgic

 1    I|       Then divers arts arose; toil conquered all,~Remorseless
 2    I|    conquered all,~Remorseless toil, and poverty’s shrewd push~
 3    I|  caution, proved with patient toil,~These have I seen degenerate,
 4    I|   taste~The increase of their toil, and yield themselves~To
 5   II|     with me ply the voyage of toil~I am bound on, O my glory,
 6   II|     prey.~Soothly on all must toil be spent, and all ~Trained
 7   II|       and so proud,~Of mighty toil the achievement, town on
 8   II| hoar-frosts, and the delver’s toil~Untiring, as he stirs the
 9   II|   labourer spins the wheel of toil,~As on its own track rolls
10  III|    kindlier fortune crown his toil,~Than if with blade of iron
11  III| weight. What now~Besteads him toil or service? to have turned~
12   IV|    coming cold,~Make proof of toil, and for the general store~
13   IV|    rest have all, and one for toil:~With dawn they hurry from
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