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

So shall the sacred gifts of earth appear,

And ripe luxuriance clothe the plenteous ear.

A boy should tread thy steps: with rake o’erlay

The buried seed, [92]and scare the birds away:

(Good is the apt œconomy of things

While evil management its mischief brings:)

Thus, if aërial Jove thy cares befriend,

And crown thy tillage with a prosperous end,

Shall the rich ear in fulness of its grain

Nod on the stalk and bend it to the plain.