Georgic

 1   II|       might commingling, rears to life~All germs that teem within
 2   II|            yet untroubled calm,~A life that knows no falsehood,
 3   II|        for the rustic sport.~Such life of yore the ancient Sabines
 4   II|           slaughtered bulls,~Such life on earth did golden Saturn
 5  III|          I shall be the first, so life endure,~To lead the Muses
 6  III|       keep the race supplied.~Ah! life’s best hours are ever first
 7  III| tottering-limbed, and ignorant of life.~But, three years ended,
 8  III|    headlong fall,~And leave their life beneath the soaring cloud.~
 9   IV|          cloudy vast.~This law of life, too, by the bees obeyed,~
10   IV|          Therefore, though each a life of narrow span,~Ne’er stretched
11   IV|         flowers.~Now, seeing that life doth even to bee-folk bring ~
12   IV|         crown of this poor mortal life,~Which all my skilful care
13   IV|           heroic frames~Done with life’s service, boys, unwedded