The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules / Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes.

by Hesiod

A thick defence, and covering from the blast:

Let the soft cloak its woolly warmth bestow:

The under-tunic to thy ankle flow:

[103]On a scant warp a woof abundant weave;

Thus warmly wov’n the mantling cloak receive:

Nor shall thy limbs beneath its ample fold

With bristling hairs start shivering to the cold.

Shoes from the hide of [104]a strong-dying ox

Bind round thy feet; lined thick with woollen socks:

[105]And kid-skins ’gainst the rigid season sew