Georg. 2.426Pōma quoque, ut prīmum truncōs sēnsēre valentīs
et vīrīs habuēre suās, ad sīdera raptim
vī propriā nītuntur opisque haud indiga nostrae.Fruit trees too, as soon as they have felt their trunks grow sturdy and have gained their own strength, strive swiftly towards the stars by their own force, needing no help from us. Georg. 2.429Nec minus intereā fētū nemus omne gravēscit
430sanguineīsque inculta rubent aviāria bācīs.No less, meanwhile, every grove grows heavy with fruit, and the untilled haunts of birds glow red with blood-red berries. Georg. 2.431Tondentur cytisī, taedās silva alta ministrat,
pāscunturque ignēs nocturnī et lūmina fundunt.Tree-medick is cropped, the tall forest supplies pine-torches, and the night fires are fed and pour forth light. Georg. 2.433Et dubitant hominēs serere atque inpendere cūram
quid maiōra sequar?—salicēs humilēsque genestae
435aut illae pecorī frondem aut pāstōribus umbram
Sufficiunt saepemque satīs et pābula mellī—
et iuvat undantem buxō spectāre Cytōrum
naryciaeque picis lūcōs, iuvat arva vidēre
nōn rāstrīs, hominum nōn ūllī obnoxia cūrae.And do men hesitate to plant and to spend care? Why should I pursue greater things? — willows and lowly brooms furnish either leaves for the flock or shade for the shepherds, a hedge for crops and food for honey — and it is a joy to gaze on Cytorus waving with boxwood and on groves of Narycian pitch, a joy to see fields beholden to no rakes, to no care of men.
Georg. 2.440Ipsae Caucasiō sterilēs in vertice silvae,
quās animōsī Eurī adsiduē franguntque feruntque,
dant aliōs aliae fētūs, dant ūtile lignum
nāvigiīs pīnus, domibus cedrumque cupressōsque.Even the barren forests on the peak of Caucasus, which the fierce east winds constantly break and sweep away, give their various products, give useful timber: pines for ships, cedars and cypresses for houses. Georg. 2.444Hinc radiōs trīvēre rotīs, hinc tympana plaustrīs
445agricolae et pandās ratibus posuēre carīnās,
vīminibus salicēs fēcundae, frondibus ulmī,
at myrtus validīs hastīlibus et bona bellō
cornus, Itūraeōs taxī torquentur in arcūs.From these farmers have turned spokes for wheels, from these drums for wagons, and have laid curved keels for boats; willows are fruitful in osiers, elms in leaves, but the myrtle in strong spear-shafts, and the cornel is good for war; yews are bent into Ituraean bows. Georg. 2.449Nec tiliae levēs aut tornō rāsile buxum
450nōn fōrmam accipiunt ferrōque cavantur acūtō.Nor do smooth limes or boxwood polished on the lathe fail to take shape and be hollowed by the sharp steel. Georg. 2.451Nec nōn et torrentem undam levis innatat alnus,
missa Padō;So too the light alder swims the rushing wave, launched on the Po; Georg. 2.452nec nōn et apēs exāmina condunt
corticibusque cavīs vitiōsaeque īlicis alvō.so too bees hide their swarms in hollow bark and in the belly of a rotten holm-oak.
Georg. 2.454Quid memorandum aequē Bacchēia dōna tulērunt
455Bacchus et ad culpam causās dedit;What have the gifts of Bacchus borne so worthy of record? Bacchus has even given occasions for wrongdoing; Georg. 2.455ille furentīs
centaurōs lētō domuit, Rhoetumque Pholumque
et magnō Hylaeum Lapithīs crātēre minantem.it was he who subdued in death the raging Centaurs, Rhoetus and Pholus, and Hylaeus threatening the Lapiths with a great mixing-bowl.