Georgic

1    I| boy-discoverer of the curved plough;~And, bearing a young cypress
2    I|    tis time;~Press deep your plough behind the groaning ox,~
3    I|      harvest; first the bent plough’s share~And heavy timber,
4    I|      the stock,~And take the plough’s curved shape, then nigh
5    I|  than time to bend above the plough,~While earth, yet dry, forbids
6    I|   bruised~Upon the floor; to plough strip, strip to sow;~Winter’
7    I|     earth up with his curved plough,~Some swain will light on
8    I|      no meet honour hath the plough;~The fields, their husbandmen
9  III|  horse, or bullock strong to plough,~Be his prime care a shapely