Georgics

Virgil

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

  1. Not so with olives; small husbandry need they,
  2. Nor look for sickle bowed or biting rake,
  3. When once they have gripped the soil, and borne the breeze.
  4. Earth of herself, with hooked fang laid bare,
  5. Yields moisture for the plants, and heavy fruit,
  6. The ploughshare aiding; therewithal thou'lt rear
  7. The olive's fatness well-beloved of Peace.