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And the glad labourer triumphs that his feet In triple dance have struck the hated ground.

Faune, Nympharum fugieutum amator, Per meos fines et aprica rura Lenis incedas, abeasque parvis Æquus alumnis; Si tener pleno cadit hædus anno, Largo nec desunt, Veneris sodali, Vina crateræ, vetus ara multo Fumat odore. Ludit herboso pecus omne campo, Cum tibi Nonæ redeunt Decembres: Festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus: Inter audaces lupus errat agnos: Spargit agrestes tibi silva frondes; Gaudet invisam pepulisse fossor Ter pede terram.