“O farmers, pray that your summers be wet and your winters clear.”
Umida<!--Humida?--> solstitia atque hiemes orate serenas,
agricolae.
Umida solstitia atque hiemes orate serenas,
agricolae.
Book I, lines 100–101
Georgics (29 BC)
“Pray for wet Summers, Winters wanting Rain.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
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