Georgic

 1   II| truncheons olives answer best,~As vines from layers, and from the
 2   II|        Methymna’s tendril plucks.~Vines Thasian are there, Mareotids
 3   II|    therefore with Falernian bins.~Vines Aminaean too, best-bodied
 4   II|         Shall yield thee store of vines full strong to gush~In torrents
 5   II|       shall thine elms with merry vines enwreathe;~That teems with
 6   II|         for cattle and for kindly vines;~But if, rebellious, to
 7   II|   vineyards slope, ~Nor midst the vines plant hazel; neither take~
 8   II|        fostering care.~So now the vines are fettered, now the trees~
 9   IV|        grazing herd, nor good for vines.~Yet he, the while his meagre
10   IV|           stubborn axe~Against my vines, if there hath taken the~
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