Georgics
Virgil
Vergil. The Poems of Vergil. Rhoades, James, translator. London: Oxford University Press, 1921.
- Of air-born honey, gift of heaven, I now
- Take up the tale. Upon this theme no less
- Look thou, Maecenas, with indulgent eye.
- A marvellous display of puny powers,
- High-hearted chiefs, a nation's history,
- Its traits, its bent, its battles and its clans,
- All, each, shall pass before you, while I sing.
- Slight though the poet's theme, not slight the praise,
- So frown not heaven, and Phoebus hear his call.