Georgic

 1    I|       stones, whence men, a flinty race, were reared.~Up then! if
 2   II|      imparted first; hence all the race~Of forest-trees and shrubs
 3   II|       flocks drank sunlight, and a race~Of men like iron from the
 4   II| Furthermore~The Ausonian swains, a race from Troy derived,~Make
 5  III|           with stock, and keep the race supplied.~Ah! life’s best
 6  III|        pain was theirs~To lose the race, what pride the palm to
 7  III|            both to designate their race,~And which to rear for breeding,
 8  III|        last~Challenge the winds to race him, and at speed~Launched
 9  III|       their sunken bed.~Nay, every race on earth of men, and beasts, ~
10   IV|             Yet deathless doth the race endure, and still~Perennial
11   IV|           fallen fortunes of their race~Will nerve them, fill the
12   IV|        hath he whence to breed the race anew,~’Tis time the wondrous