Georgic

 1   II|                    day-long browsing of thy herds~Shall the cool dews of one
 2   II| greenwood-wildernesses,~And in due time the herds their loves renew;~Then
 3   II|               homestead, and from hence~His herds of cattle and deserving
 4  III|                males: be first~To speed thy herds of cattle to their loves,~
 5  III|                 harshly hums,~Driving whole herds in terror through the groves,~
 6  III|                persistent, fend thy teeming herds,~And feed them when the
 7  III|                   round we trace.~Enough of herds. This second task remains,~
 8  III|                  yet hoary, and to browsing herds~The dew tastes sweetest
 9  III|                trending backward. There the herds they keep~Close-pent in
10  III|                frost, and stags~In huddling herds, by that strange weight
11   IV|                  heaven -~From whom flocks, herds, men, beasts of every kind,~
12   IV|              Lycaean heights,~Pick from thy herds, as many kine to match,~