Georgic

1   II|  buds push forth~Amidst the bark, and burst the membranes
2   II|     sky they brand~Upon the bark, that each may be restored,~
3   II|      Grim masks of hollowed bark assume, invoke~Thee with
4   II|    rotten holm-oak’s hollow bark and bole.~What of like praise
5   IV| self, or stitched of hollow bark,~Or from tough osier woven,
6   IV|   sticky gum oozed from the bark of trees,~Then set the clinging