Georgics [Georgica], Book 1, l. 100ff (1.100) (29 BC) [tr. Ferry (2015)] - Virgil | WIST Quotations
Farmers, pray for summers with lots of rain, And winters with lots of sun. [Humida solstitia atque hiemes orate serenas, agricolae.] (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: Swaines pray for winters faire, and summers wet. [tr. Ogilby (1649)] Ye Swains, invoke the Pow'rs who rule the Sky, For a moist Summer, and…
