Georgicon liber secundus;

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dent has found a simila motivo for editin the Georgics. r eightle in his prosa corio tho Bucolicsand Georgios telis us that he hac a morat objecf. and

procoeds, I am nos ithou hope that oun men, rom readin and understanding the rura poetr of Vergil, and earning omething of the agricultur of the ancients may have thei curiosit excite about that of the present day, and thu be e to acquire atast for rura lis an husbandry and that aster-

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x INTRODUCTION.

Rome grout Hanc olim veteres vitam coluere Sabini, Hanc Remus et frater, sic fortis Etruria crevit Scilicet et rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma.

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INTRODUCTION. xi tempore climato a lan filio to v0rflowing illi

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mos clistracteristic o tho Roman virtuos that ovo o homo an count , that reveretico for the naturalassections hicli attach to them, to hicli the gaveth nam o pietas. Such a natur could have found no more congenial asti than his of glorifyin thocountry to hic his tributo natura piety'Was duo, an on hos Eoi tho sentiment sopowortu in himsoli ad os abundanti thriven. Horo the we find the rue purpose of the Georgies, and that notis temporar ono. PerhapA the author an his ruader dreamo the poem ould eo a practical ond do omething to et right the timo, Whic Was o adly ut of oini, by inning men bachio industry, simplicity, and religion. e value ithecaus it alni tho picturo O an ordor of things,sast Vanishin even Whilo the poet transfer it ouilinet his canuas, ut Whichaad beo nobi an boautilat in iis timo an morti, os men' remembrance. The

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xiv INTRODUCTION. n. 72ὶ Has e to give advice to the rapior bout

and ho mill understan in gusto ith hic Vorgilmili discus the patierni a plough, o the potat of com orithe true methodis dividing ut a vineyard. In tho secon book his enthusias sor his subjecttahes a speciali Mnning for in his practice com-

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INTRODUCTIOR XV moner illi modern than ancient posts os dosoribingltho lis os troes an planis and evo of things inanimato in term Whicli impintho Delings of men. tWould bo asy, ut at this stago os a longiliened introductio nos convenient, to cite a cor o tW of tendertouchos in illustration. Such delicate affectionis a naturalis hosfow on the Wild creatures, mahing them

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Et iam tempus equum fumanti solvere colla.

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P. VERGILL MARONIS GEORGICONLIBER SECUNDUS.

HACTEΝUS PVorum cultu et sidera caeli, nunc te, Baeche, canam, ne non Silvestria tecum Virgulta os prolem tarde crescenti olivae. huc, pater o Lenaee tui hic omnia plena muneribus, tibi pampine graVidus autumno floret ager, spumat loni Vindemia labris; huc, pater o Lenaee, Veni, nudataque USto tingue novo mecum dereptis crura cothurnis.

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Principio arboribus Varia est natura creandiS. namque aliae, nulli liominum cogentibus, ipSae IOSponte Sun veniunt camposque et Humina lato curva tenent, ut molle Siler, lentaeque geneStae, populus et glauca canentia fronde Salicta; Par autem posito Surgunt de Semine, ut alta CnStaneae, nemorumque ΙΟVi quae maxuma frondo 13aeSculus, atque habitae Graii oracula quercus.

pullulat ab radico aliis densissima silva, ut cerasis ulmisque etiam Parnasia laurus parva sub ingenti matris se Subiicit umbra. hos natura modo primum dedit; hi genus omne IO sit arum truticumque iret nemorumque aeΓΟΓum. Sunt alii, quo ipse Via ibi repperit usus. hic plantas onero abscindens de corpore matrum Ioposuit sulcis hic stirpe obruit RrVo, quadrifidasque Sudes, et acuto robore allos; et 3 Silvarumque aliae preSSOS propagini arcus exspectant et Viva Sua plantaria terra; nil radicis egent aliae, Summumque putator haud dubitat torrae referen mandare Reumen; quin et caudicibus sectis-mirabile dictu sotruditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno; o saepe alterius ramo inpune Videmus vertere in alterius, mutatamque insita mala ferre pirum, et pruni lapidOS rubeScere corna.