Georgic

1    I|          the unpeopled earth~Cast stones, whence men, a flinty race,
2    I|         murmurs o’er the polished stones,~And with its bubblings
3  III|     nightlong makes the hard bare stones his bed,~And feeds on prickly
4  III|     Shepherd, seize stakes, seize stones!~And as he rears defiance,
5   IV|           willow-branches and big stones enow,~Bridge after bridge,
6   IV| out-goings, and oft weigh-up tiny stones,~As light craft ballast
7   IV|         wandering, against jagged stones~Their wings they fray, and ‘