Georgic

 1    I|    Shook from the leaves their honey, put fire away,~And curbed
 2   II|        for crops, and food for honey yield.~And blithe it is
 3   IV|                 IV~Of air-born honey, gift of heaven, I now~Take
 4   IV|     winter’s cold~Congeals the honey, and heat resolves and thaws,~
 5   IV|        out new wax or clinging honey mould.~So when the cage-escaped
 6   IV|        thou shalt strain~Sweet honey, nor yet so sweet as passing
 7   IV|       he~To press the bubbling honey from the comb;~Lime-trees
 8   IV|        pack~The thrice repured honey, and stretch their cells~
 9   IV|        the work!~How sweet the honey smells of perfumed thyme~
10   IV| flowers,~So glorious deem they honey’s proud acquist.~Therefore,
11   IV|      Ravage their toil-wrought honey, and rend amain~Their own
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