Georgic

 1   II|           endless coils~Along the ground, or wreathe him into spires.~
 2   II| scrutinizing eye~First choose thy ground, and bid a pit be sunk~Deep
 3   II|     cleave the fallow crust.~Salt ground again, and bitter, as ’tis
 4   II|           vine; but deeper in the ground is fixed~The tree that props
 5   II|        shape.~Be first to dig the ground up, first to clear~And burn
 6   II|      finished rows; but still the ground~Must vexed be, the dust
 7   II|    all-equal earth~Pours from the ground herself their easy fare!~
 8  III|       knight in arms to spurn the ground,~And arch the upgathered
 9  III|   altar-victims, or to cleave the ground~And into ridges tear and
10  III|         wheels be drawn along the ground~Behind them, as to dint
11  III|           with forefoot tears the ground,~Rubs ‘gainst a tree his
12  III|        among the cattle, hugs the ground,~Fell scourge of kine. Shepherd,
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