Didactic poem · 1697

The Georgics

Dryden's heroic-couplet translation

by Virgil

Translated by John Dryden (1697)

Virgil's Latin poem in four books on farming and country life, in Dryden's heroic couplets: tillage and the weather, the vine and olive, cattle and horses, and the keeping of bees.

Contents · 4 parts

• Book Iabout 690 lines
• Book IIabout 790 lines
• Book IIIabout 840 lines
• Book IVabout 820 lines

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