Georgic

1    I|       barns.~But ere our metal cleave    ~An unknown surface,
2    I|        old~With wedges wont to cleave the splintering log;-~Then
3   II|       to the moist rind bid it cleave and grow.~Or, otherwise,
4   II|    Where not an arrow-shot can cleave the air~Above their tree-tops?
5   II|       And with strong bullocks cleave the fallow crust.~Salt ground
6   II|        planted, yet remains to cleave ~The earth about their roots
7  III|        As altar-victims, or to cleave the ground~And into ridges
8  III|      wearers; juicy wines~They cleave with axes; to one frozen
9   IV| breathe~Venom into their bite, cleave to the veins~And let the