Georgic

 1    I|    sun’s warmth then upon the shore~Do halcyons dear to Thetis
 2    I|        Nor rend the rope from shore. But if, when both~He brings
 3   II|    nearer coast-line; see the shore~Is in our grasp; not now
 4   II| barren mountain-ashes; on the shore~Myrtles throng gayest; Bacchus,
 5  III|       twain on ocean’s either shore.~And breathing forms of
 6  III|       with halcyon’s song the shore,~And every thicket with
 7  III|      tribes that swim,~On the shore’s confine the wave washes
 8   IV|      turn my vessel’s prow to shore,~Perchance would sing what
 9   IV|       far and wide.~Along the shore in scattered groups to feed~
10   IV|    his sweet wife on the lone shore alone,~Thee when day dawned