Georgics

Virgil

Vergil. The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Virgil. Greenough, J.B., editor. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1881.

  1. sollicitant alii remis freta caeca ruuntque
  2. in ferrum, penetrant aulas et limina regum;
  3. hic petit excidiis urbem miserosque Penatis,
  4. ut gemma bibat et Sarrano dormiat ostro;
  5. condit opes alius defossoque incubat auro;
  6. hic stupet attonitus rostris; hunc plausus hiantem
  7. per cuneos—geminatus enim plebisque patrumque—
  8. corripuit; gaudent perfusi sanguine fratrum,
  9. exsilioque domos et dulcia limina mutant
  10. atque alio patriam quaerunt sub sole iacentem.
  11. Agricola incurvo terram dimovit aratro:
  12. hinc anni labor, hinc patriam parvosque nepotes
  13. sustinet, hinc armenta boum meritosque iuvencos.
  14. Nec requies, quin aut pomis exuberet annus
  15. aut fetu pecorum aut cerealis mergite culmi,
  16. proventuque oneret sulcos atque horrea vincat.
  17. Venit hiems: teritur Sicyonia baca trapetis,
  18. glande sues laeti redeunt, dant arbuta silvae;
  19. et varios ponit fetus autumnus et alte
  20. mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis.