Georg. 1.231Idcircō certīs dīmēnsum partibus orbem
per duodēna regit mundī Sōl aureus astra.For this reason the golden Sun rules the world, measured out in fixed parts, through the twelve constellations of the heavens. Georg. 1.233Quīnque tenent caelum zōnae;Five zones hold the sky; Georg. 1.233quārum ūna coruscō
semper sōle rubēns et torrida semper ab ignī;of which one is always red with the flashing sun and always scorched by fire; Georg. 1.235quam circum extrēmae dextrā laevāque trahuntur
caeruleae, glaciē concrētae atque imbribus ātrīs;around it the outermost ones stretch, to right and left, dark blue, frozen with ice and black rains; Georg. 1.237hās inter mediamque duae mortālibus aegrīs
mūnere concessae dīvom, et via secta per ambās,
oblīquus quā sē signōrum verteret ōrdō.between these and the middle one, two have been granted to feeble mortals by the gift of the gods, and a path is cut through both, where the slanting order of the signs might turn. Georg. 1.240Mundus, ut ad Scythiam Rhipaeāsque arduus arcēs
cōnsurgit, premitur Libyae dēvexus in austrōs.The world, as it rises steep towards Scythia and the Rhipaean heights, slopes down and sinks towards the south winds of Libya.
Georg. 1.242Hic vertex nōbīs semper sublīmis;This pole is always high above us; Georg. 1.242at illum
sub pedibus Styx ātra videt Mānēsque profundī.but that one black Styx and the deep shades below see beneath their feet. Georg. 1.244Maximus hīc flexū sinuōsō ēlābitur Anguis
245circum perque duās in mōrem flūminis Arctōs,
Arctōs Oceanī metuentīs aequore tinguī.Here the huge Serpent glides out in winding coils around and between the two Bears like a river, the Bears that fear to be dipped in the surface of Ocean. Georg. 1.247Illīc, ut perhibent, aut intempesta silet nox,
semper et obtentā dēnsentur nocte tenebrae,
aut redit ā nōbīs Aurōra diemque redūcit;There, as they say, either the dead of night is silent and the darkness is ever thickened under its mantle of night, or Dawn returns from us and brings back the day; Georg. 1.250nōsque ubi prīmus equīs Oriēns adflāvit anhēlīs,
illīc, sēra rubēns accendit lūmina Vesper.and when the rising Sun first breathes on us with panting horses, there glowing Vesper kindles his late lights. Georg. 1.252Hinc tempestātēs dubiō praediscere caelō
possumus, hinc messisque diem tempusque serendī,
et quandō īnfīdum remīs inpellere marmor
255conveniat, quandō armātās dēdūcere classīs,
aut tempestīvam silvīs ēvertere pīnum.From this we can foretell the weather when the sky is doubtful, from this the day of harvest and the time of sowing, and when it is fitting to strike the treacherous marble of the sea with oars, when to launch armed fleets, or to fell the pine in the woods in its due season.