Georgic

 1    I|     dripping toils~Along the main; then iron’s unbending might,~
 2    I|     those who o’er the windy main~Borne homeward tempt the
 3    I|     to smite the treacherous main~With driving oars, when
 4    I|    sea-gulls from the middle main~Come winging, and their
 5   II|      uproar surging like the main?~Or sing her harbours, and
 6  III|    pinion sweeping earth and main.~A steed like this or on
 7  III|   whiten, mustering from the main~Its rounded breast, and,
 8  III| thunders; the rock-shattered main~Utters a warning cry; nor
 9  III|     the whirlwind scours the main~With tempest in its wake,
10   IV|    Proteus, he who metes the main~With fish-drawn chariot