Georg. 1.466Ille etiam exstīnctō miserātus Caesare Rōmam,
cum caput obscūrā nitidum ferrūgine tēxit
inpiāque aeternam timuērunt saecula noctem.He too pitied Rome when Caesar was dead, when he veiled his shining head in dusky gloom and an impious age feared eternal night. Georg. 1.469Tempore quamquam illō tellūs quoque et aequora pontī
470obscēnaeque canēs inportūnaeque volucrēs
signa dabant.Though at that time the earth too and the levels of the sea, and ill-omened dogs and boding birds gave signs. Georg. 1.471Quotiēns Cyclōpum effervere in agrōs
vīdimus undantem ruptīs fornācibus Aetnam
flammārumque globōs liquefactaque volvere saxa!How often we saw Etna boil out over the fields of the Cyclopes, surging from her burst furnaces, and roll balls of flame and molten rocks! Georg. 1.474Armōrum sonitum tōtō Germānia caelō
475audiit, īnsolitīs tremuērunt mōtibus Alpēs.Germany heard the clash of arms through all the sky; the Alps trembled with unwonted quakes. Georg. 1.476Vōx quoque per lūcōs volgō exaudīta silentīs
ingēns et simulācra modīs pallentia mīrīs
vīsa sub obscūrum noctis, pecudēsque locūtae,
īnfandum!A voice too was heard everywhere through the silent groves, a mighty voice, and phantoms strangely pale were seen in the dusk of night, and cattle spoke, unspeakable horror!
Georg. 1.479sistunt amnēs terraeque dēhīscunt
480et maestum inlacrimat templīs ebur aeraque sūdant.rivers stand still and the earth gapes open, and in the temples the ivory weeps in sorrow and the bronzes sweat. Georg. 1.481Prōluit īnsānō contorquēns vertice silvās
fluviōrum rēx Ēridanus campōsque per omnīs
cum stabulīs armenta tulit.Eridanus, king of rivers, whirling forests in his mad eddy, swept them away, and carried off herds with their stalls over all the plains. Georg. 1.483Nec tempore eōdem
trīstibus aut extīs fībrae adpārēre minācēs
485aut puteīs mānāre cruor cessāvit et altae
per noctem resonāre lupīs ululantibus urbēs.Nor at that same time did threatening fibres cease to appear in grim entrails, or blood to flow from wells, and lofty cities to echo through the night with howling wolves. Georg. 1.487Nōn aliās caelō cecidērunt plūra serēnō
fulgura nec dīrī totiēns ārsēre comētae.Never at other times did more lightning fall from a cloudless sky, nor dread comets blaze so often. Georg. 1.489ergō inter sēsē paribus concurrere tēlīs
490Rōmānās aciēs iterum vīdēre Philippī;Therefore Philippi saw Roman battle-lines clash with one another a second time with matched weapons; Georg. 1.491nec fuit indignum superīs, bis sanguine nostrō
Ēmathiam et lātōs Haemī pinguēscere campōs.nor did the gods think it unworthy that Emathia and the broad plains of Haemus should twice be fattened with our blood.
Georg. 1.493Scīlicet et tempus veniet, cum fīnibus illīs
agricola incurvō terram mōlītus arātrō
495exēsa inveniet scabrā rōbīgine pīla
aut gravibus rāstrīs galeās pulsābit inānīs
grandiaque effossīs mīrābitur ossa sepulchrīs.Surely the time will come too when in those lands the farmer, working the earth with his curved plough, will find javelins eaten with rough rust, or strike empty helmets with his heavy hoe, and marvel at huge bones in the graves he has dug up. Georg. 1.498Dī patriī, Indigetēs, et Rōmule Vestaque māter,
quae Tuscum Tiberim et Rōmāna Palātia servās,
500hunc saltem ēversō iuvenem succurrere saeclō
nē prohibēte!Gods of our fathers, native gods, and Romulus and mother Vesta, who guard Tuscan Tiber and the Roman Palatine, do not at least prevent this young man from rescuing a world turned upside down! Georg. 1.501Satis iam prīdem sanguine nostrō
Lāomedontēae luimus periūria Troiae;Long enough already have we paid with our blood for the perjuries of Laomedon's Troy; Georg. 1.503iam prīdem nōbīs caelī tē rēgia, Caesar,
invidet atque hominum queritur cūrāre triumphōs;long already has heaven's palace begrudged you to us, Caesar, and complained that you care for the triumphs of men; Georg. 1.505quippe ubi fās versum atque nefās: tot bella per orbem,
tam multae scelerum faciēs;for here right and wrong are inverted: so many wars throughout the world, so many shapes of crime; Georg. 1.506nōn ūllus arātrō
dignus honōs, squālent abductīs arva colōnīs
et curvae rigidum falcēs cōnflantur in ēnsem.no fitting honour for the plough, the fields lie foul with their tillers led away, and the curved sickles are forged into the unbending sword.
Georg. 1.509Hinc movet Euphrātēs, illinc Germānia bellum;Here the Euphrates, there Germany stirs up war; Georg. 1.510vīcīnae ruptīs inter sē lēgibus urbēs
arma ferunt;neighbouring cities break the laws between them and take up arms; Georg. 1.511saevit tōtō Mārs inpius orbe;impious Mars rages through the whole world; Georg. 1.512ut cum carceribus sēsē effūdēre quadrīgae,
addunt in spatia et frūstrā retinācula tendēns
fertur equīs aurīga neque audit currūs habēnās.as when chariots have poured out from the starting-gates, they gather speed lap by lap, and the charioteer, vainly pulling at the reins, is carried along by his horses, and the chariot does not heed the reins.