Georgic

1   II|  names of might,~The Scipios, stubborn warriors, ay, and thee,~
2   II| yielding increase. First your stubborn lands~And churlish hill-sides,
3   II|  blast,~Nor clang of sword on stubborn anvil set.~But lo! a boundless
4  III|    plain~Epirus, or Mycenae’s stubborn hold,~And trace his lineage
5  III|      as he smokes beneath the stubborn share,~The bull drops, vomiting
6   IV|   young plants, and wield the stubborn axe~Against my vines, if
7   IV|  ceased.~Whereat the seer, by stubborn force constrained,~Shot