Georg. 1.204Praetereā tam sunt Arctūrī sīdera nōbīs
205Haedōrumque diēs servandī et lūcidus Anguis,
quam quibus in patriam ventōsa per aequora vectīs
pontus et ostriferī faucēs temptantur Abydī.Moreover, we must watch the stars of Arcturus, the days of the Kids and the shining Serpent as closely as those who, homeward bound over windy waters, venture on the Pontus and the jaws of oyster-bearing Abydos. Georg. 1.208Lībra diē somnīque parēs ubi fēcerit hōrās
et medium lūcī atque umbrīs iam dīvidit orbem,
210exercēte, virī, taurōs, serite hordea campīs
ūsque sub extrēmum brūmae intractābilis imbrem;When Libra has made the hours of day and of sleep equal, and now divides the world in half between light and shadow, work your bulls, men, sow barley in the fields right up to the last rain of the unmanageable winter solstice; Georg. 1.212nec nōn et līnī segetem et Cereāle papāver
tempus humō tegere et iamdūdum incumbere arātrīs,
dum siccā tellūre licet, dum nūbila pendent.it is time also to cover in the ground the flax crop and Ceres' poppy, and high time to bend to the ploughs, while the dry earth allows, while the clouds hang aloft.
Georg. 1.215Vērē fabīs satiō;In spring is the sowing of beans; Georg. 1.215tum tē quoque, Mēdica, putrēs
accipiunt sulcī et miliō venit annua cūra,
candidus aurātīs aperit cum cornibus annum
Taurus et āversō cēdēns Canis occīdit astrō.then you too, lucerne, the crumbling furrows receive, and millet's yearly care comes, when the white Bull with gilded horns opens the year, and the Dog sets, giving way before the star that faces backwards. Georg. 1.219At sī trīticeam in messem rōbustaque farra
220exercēbis humum sōlīsque īnstābis aristīs,
ante tibi Eōae Atlantidēs abscondantur
Gnōsiaque ārdentis dēcēdat stella Corōnae,
dēbita quam sulcīs committās sēmina quamque
invītae properēs annī spem crēdere terrae.But if you work the ground for a wheat harvest and hardy spelt, and press on with corn-ears alone, first let the Atlantids of the dawn be hidden from you, and the Cretan star of the blazing Crown depart, before you entrust to the furrows the seed that is due, and before you hasten to trust the hope of the year to an unwilling earth. Georg. 1.225Multī ante occāsum Māiae coepēre;Many have begun before Maia's setting; Georg. 1.225sed illōs
exspectāta seges vānīs ēlūsit avēnīs.but the crop they awaited has mocked them with empty husks.
Georg. 1.227Sī vērō viciamque serēs vīlemque phasēlum
nec Pelusiacae cūram aspernābere lentis,
haud obscūra cadēns mittet tibi signa Boōtēs:
230incipe et ad mediās sēmentem extende pruīnās.If indeed you sow the vetch and the humble kidney-bean, and do not scorn the care of Pelusian lentils, Bootes as he sets will send you no obscure signs: begin, and extend your sowing to the middle of the frosts.