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  With lowly cassias and with rosemary��

  Rough tufa and chalk too�察�by black water´worms

  Gnawed through and through�察�proclaim no soils beside

  So rife with serpent´dainties�察�or that yield

  Such winding lairs to lurk in。 That again��

  Which vapoury mist and flitting smoke exhales��

  Drinks moisture up and casts it forth at will��

  Which�察�ever in its own green grass arrayed��

  Mars not the metal with salt scurf of rust´

  That shall thine elms with merry vines enwreathe��

  That teems with olive�察�that shall thy tilth prove kind

  To cattle�察�and patient of the curved share。

  Such ploughs rich Capua�察�such the coast that skirts

  Thy ridge�察�Vesuvius�察�and the Clanian flood��

  Acerrae's desolation and her bane。

  How each to recognize now hear me tell。

  Dost ask if loose or passing firm it be´

  Since one for corn hath liking�察�one for wine��

  The firmer sort for Ceres�察�none too loose

  For thee�察�Lyaeus�拭� with scrutinizing eye

  First choose thy ground�察�and bid a pit be sunk

  Deep in the solid earth�察�then cast the mould

  All back again�察�and stamp the surface smooth。

  If it suffice not�察�loose will be the land��

  More meet for cattle and for kindly vines��

  But if�察�rebellious�察�to its proper bounds

  The soil returns not�察�but fills all the trench

  And overtops it�察�then the glebe is gross��

  Look for stiff ridges and reluctant clods��

  And with strong bullocks cleave the fallow crust。

  Salt ground again�察�and bitter�察�as 'tis called´

  Barren for fruits�察�by tilth untamable��

  Nor grape her kind�察�nor apples their good name

  Maintaining´ will in this wise yield thee proof��

  Stout osier´baskets from the rafter´smoke��

  And strainers of the winepress pluck thee down��

  Hereinto let that evil land�察�with fresh

  Spring´water mixed�察�be trampled to the full��

  The moisture�察�mark you�察�will ooze all away��

  In big drops issuing through the osier´withes��

  But plainly will its taste the secret tell��

  And with a harsh twang ruefully distort

  The mouths of them that try it。 Rich soil again

  We learn on this wise�此�tossed from hand to hand

  Yet cracks it never�察�but pitch´like�察�as we hold��

  Clings to the fingers。 A land with moisture rife

  Breeds lustier herbage�察�and is more than meet

  Prolific。 Ah I may never such for me

  O'er´fertile prove�察�or make too stout a show

  At the first earing� �Heavy land or light

  The mute self´witness of its weight betrays。

  A glance will serve to warn thee which is black��

  Or what the hue of any。 But hard it is

  To track the signs of that pernicious cold��

  Pines only�察�noxious yews�察�and ivies dark

  At times reveal its traces。

                        All these rules

  Regarding�察�let your land�察�ay�察�long before��

  Scorch to the quick�察�and into trenches carve

  The mighty mountains�察�and their upturned clods

  Bare to the north wind�察�ere thou plant therein

  The vine's prolific kindred。 Fields whose soil

  Is crumbling are the best�此�winds look to that��

  And bitter hoar´frosts�察�and the delver's toil

  Untiring�察�as he stirs the loosened glebe。

  But those�察�whose vigilance no care escapes��

  Search for a kindred site�察�where first to rear

  A nursery for the trees�察�and eke whereto

  Soon to translate them�察�lest the sudden shock

  From their new mother the young plants estrange。

  Nay�察�even the quarter of the sky they brand

  Upon the bark�察�that each may be restored��

  As erst it stood�察�here bore the southern heats��

  Here turned its shoulder to the northern pole��

  So strong is custom formed in early years。

  Whether on hill or plain 'tis best to plant

  Your vineyard first inquire。 If on some plain

  You measure out rich acres�察�then plant thick��

  Thick planting makes no niggard of the vine��

  But if on rising mound or sloping bill��

  Then let the rows have room�察�so none the less

  Each line you draw�察�when all the trees are set��

  May tally to perfection。 Even as oft

  In mighty war�察�whenas the legion's length

  Deploys its cohorts�察�and the column stands

  In open plain�察�the ranks of battle set��

  And far and near with rippling sheen of arms

  The wide earth flickers�察�nor yet in grisly strife

  Foe grapples foe�察�but dubious 'twixt the hosts

  The war´god wavers�察�so let all be ranged

  In equal rows symmetric�察�not alone

  To feed an idle fancy with the view��

  But since not otherwise will earth afford

  Vigour to all alike�察�nor yet the boughs

  Have power to stretch them into open space。

    Shouldst haply of the furrow's depth inquire��

  Even to a shallow trench I dare commit

  The vine�察�but deeper in the ground is fixed

  The tree that props it�察�aesculus in chief��

  Which howso far its summit soars toward heaven��

  So deep strikes root into the vaults of hell。

  It therefore neither storms�察�nor blasts�察�nor showers

  Wrench from its bed�察�unshaken it abides��

  Sees many a generation�察�many an age

  Of men roll onward�察�and survives them all��

  Stretching its titan arms and branches far��

  Sole central pillar of a world of shade。

    Nor toward the sunset let thy vineyards slope��

  Nor midst the vines plant hazel�察�neither take

  The topmost shoots for cuttings�察�nor from the top

  Of the supporting tree your suckers tear��

  So deep their love of earth�察�nor wound the plants

  With blunted blade�察�nor truncheons intersperse

  Of the wild olive�此�for oft from careless swains

  A spark hath fallen�察�that�察�'neath the unctuous rind

  Hid thief´like first�察�now grips the tough tree´bole��

  And mounting to the leaves on high�察�sends forth

  A roar to heaven�察�then coursing through the boughs

  And airy summits reigns victoriously��

  Wraps all the grove in robes of fire�察�and gross

  With pitch´black vapour heaves the murky reek

  Skyward�察�but chiefly if a storm has swooped

  Down on the forest�察�and a driving wind

  Rolls up the conflagration。 When 'tis so��

  Their root´force fails them�察�nor�察�when lopped away��

  Can they recover�察�and from the earth beneath

  Spring to like verdure�察�thus alone survives

  The bare wild olive with its bitter leaves。

    Let none persuade thee�察�howso weighty´wise��

  To stir the soil when stiff with Boreas' breath。

  Then ice´bound winter locks the fields�察�nor lets

  The young plant fix its frozen root to earth。

  Best sow your vineyards when in blushing Spring

  Comes the white bird long´bodied snakes abhor��

  Or on the eve of autumn's earliest frost��

  Ere the swift sun´steeds touch the wintry Signs��

  While summer is departing。 Spring it is

  Blesses the fruit´plantation�察�Spring the groves��

  In Spring earth swells and claims the fruitful seed。

  Then Aether�察�sire omnipotent�察�leaps down

  With quickening showers to his glad wife's embrace��

  And�察�might with might commingling�察�rears to life

  All germs that teem within her�察�then resound

  With songs of birds the greenwood´wildernesses��

  And in due time the herds their loves renew��

  Then the boon earth yields increase�察�and the fields

  Unlock their bosoms to the warm west winds��

  Soft moisture spreads o'er all things�察�and the blades

  Face the new suns�察�and safely trust them now��

  The vine´shoot�察�fearless of the rising south��

  Or mighty north winds driving rain from heaven��

  Bursts into bud�察�and every leaf unfolds。

  Even so�察�methinks�察�when Earth to being sprang��

  Dawned the first days�察�and such the course they held��

  'Twas Spring´tide then�察�ay�察�Spring�察�the mighty world

  Was keeping�此�Eurus spared his wintry blasts��

  When first the flocks drank sunlight�察�and a race

  Of men like iron from the hard glebe arose��

  And wild beasts thronged the woods�察�and stars the heaven。

  Nor could frail creatures bear this heavy strain��

  Did not so large a respite interpose

  'Twixt frost and heat�察�and heaven's relenting arms

  Yield earth a welcome。

                         For the rest�察�whate'er

  The sets thou plantest in thy fields�察�thereon

  Strew refuse rich�察�and with abundant earth

  Take heed to hide them�察�and dig in withal

  Rough shells or porous stone�察�for therebetween

  Will water trickle and fine vapour creep��

  And so the plants their drooping spirits raise。

  Aye�察�and there have been�察�who with weight of stone

  Or heavy potsherd press them from above��

  This serves for shield in pelting showers�察�and this

  When the hot dog´star chaps the fields with drought。

    The slips once planted�察�yet remains to cleave

  The earth about their roots persistently��

  And toss the cumbrous hoes�察�or task the soil

  With burrowing plough´share�察�and ply up and down

  Your labouring bullocks through the vineyard's midst��

  Then too smooth reeds and shafts of whittled wand��

  And ashen poles and sturdy forks to shape��

  Whereby supported they may learn to mount��

  Laugh at the gales�察�and through the elm´tops win

  From story up to story。

                         Now while yet

  The leaves are in their first fresh infant growth

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