Note 52 — THE WORKS AND DAYS.
George Chapman translation
Leave the broad earth.] Virgil alludes to this passage, Georg. ii. 473.
From hence Astræa took her flight, and here The prints of her departing steps appear. Dryden.
As also Juvenal: Sat. vi. line 19.
I well believe in Saturn’s ancient reign This Chastity might long on earth remain:— By slow degrees her steps Astræa sped To heaven above, and both the sisters fled.