| Sumario: | Presents three poems excerpted from "The Georgics," by Virgil, translated from the Latin by Kimberly Johnson. 1) "1.1-42: Invocation and the first labors of spring," First Line: What cheers the grain, beneath what star to turn; Last Line: step up and learn even now to honor prayers. 2) "1.287-310: Night work," First Line: Many tasks lend themselves better to cool night, Last Line: when snow lies deep, when rivers shove through ice. 3) "2.458-474," First Line: O blessed farmers! doubly blessed if they should recognize; Last Line: departing Justice left her last footprints upon the earth.
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