Georgics

Virgil

Vergil. The Poems of Vergil. Rhoades, James, translator. London: Oxford University Press, 1921.

  1. Of air-born honey, gift of heaven, I now
  2. Take up the tale. Upon this theme no less
  3. Look thou, Maecenas, with indulgent eye.
  4. A marvellous display of puny powers,
  5. High-hearted chiefs, a nation's history,
  6. Its traits, its bent, its battles and its clans,
  7. All, each, shall pass before you, while I sing.
  8. Slight though the poet's theme, not slight the praise,
  9. So frown not heaven, and Phoebus hear his call.