Time & Brevity
Eclogue XVIII. — On the Months and the Four Seasons of the Year
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book VII. — The Eclogues
These four verses following will tell you the eternal months and the four seasons of the year. March, April, May, make up the season of spring. June, with July and August — these are summer months. In September, October, and all November, autumn reigns. The winter months are January, February, and December.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Eclogue XVIII. — On the Months and the Four Seasons of the Year.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/118/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Eclogue XVIII. — On the Months and the Four Seasons of the Year.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/118/.
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