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LIB. X. DE CULTU HORTORUM

                          pellite nunc somnos, et curvi vomere dentis
                          iam viridis lacerate comas, iam scindite amictus.  70
                          Tu gravibus rastris cunctantia perfode terga,
                          tu penitus latis eradere viscera marris
                          ne dubita, et summo ferventia cespite mixta
                          ponere, quae canis iaceant urenda pruinis,
                          verberibus gelidis iraeque obnoxia Cauri,  75
                          alliget ut saevus Boreas Eurusque resolvat.
                          Post ubi Riphaeae torpentia frigora brumae
                          candidus aprica Zephyrus regelaverit aura
                          sidereoque polo cedet Lyra mersa profundo,
                          veris et adventum nidis cantabit hirundo,  80
                          rudere tum pingui, solido vel stercore aselli,
                          armentive fimo saturet ieiunia terrae
                          ipse ferens holitor diruptos pondere qualos,
                          pabula nec pudeat fisso praebere novali
                          immundis quaecumque vomit latrina cloacis.  85
                          Densaque iam pluviis durataque summa pruinis
                          aequora dulcis humi repetat mucrone bidentis.
                          Mox bene cum glebis vivacem cespitis herbam
                          contundat marrae vel fracti dente ligonis,
                          putria maturi solvantur ut ubera campi.  90
                          Tunc quoque trita solo splendentia sarcula sumat
                          angustosque foros adverso limite ducens,
                          rursus in obliquum distinguat tramite parvo.
                          Verum ubi iam puro discrimine pectita tellus
                          deposito squalore nitens sua semina poscet,  95
                          pingite tunc varios, terrestria sidera, flores,
                          candida leucoia, et flaventia lumina caltae,
                          narcissique comas, et hiantis saeva leonis
                          ora feri, calathisque virentia lilia canis,