Georgic

 1    I|        twill suffice;~There, lest weeds choke the crop’s luxuriance,
 2    I|     crop’s luxuriance, here,~Lest the scant moisture fail
 3    I|    to bind~The gaping veins, lest penetrating showers,~Or
 4    I|   fields?~Or why of him, who lest the heavy ears~O’erweigh
 5    I|    fixed with binding chalk,~Lest weeds arise, or dust a passage
 6   II|     culture the wild fruits, lest earth~Lie idle. O blithe
 7   II|      Soon to translate them, lest the sudden shock~From their
 8  III|     young~Preventing losses, lest too late thou rue.~Nor steeds
 9  III|   the fern be littered deep,~Lest chill of ice such tender
10  III|    palate black, reject him, lest~He sully with dark spots
11   IV| worser seeming, do to death,~Lest royal waste wax burdensome,