multa solo virtus: iam reddere foenus aratris, iam montes umbrare olea, dare nomina Baccho cornipedemque citum lituis generasse ferendis, nectare Cecropias Hyblaeo accedere ceras.
The soil of the island has many virtues. Here it gives a rich return to the plough, and there the hills are shady with olive-trees; its vines are famous, and it breeds swift horses, fit to endure the sound of the war-trumpet; nor is the nectar of Hybla inferior to the honeycombs of Athens.
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