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Book 5 · lines 925–939
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925Et genus humanum multo fuit illud in arvis
926durius, ut decuit, tellus quod dura creasset,
927et maioribus et solidis magis ossibus intus
928fundatum, validis aptum per viscera nervis,
929nec facile ex aestu nec frigore quod caperetur
930nec novitate cibi nec labi corporis ulla.
931multaque per caelum solis volventia lustra
932volgivago vitam tractabant more ferarum.
933nec robustus erat curvi moderator aratri
934quisquam, nec scibat ferro molirier arva
935nec nova defodere in terram virgulta neque altis
936arboribus veteres decidere falcibus ramos.
937quod sol atque imbres dederant, quod terra crearat
938sponte sua, satis id placabat pectora donum.
939glandiferas inter curabant corpora quercus