Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue foretells of a miraculous child who is to bring a new golden age of peace, renewal, and cosmic ...

(Several ancient cultures seasonally adjusted their clocks, and Franklin only jokingly ... a handful of trivia books—concerns Virgil, the Roman poet and author of the Aeneid.

Born a peasant, Virgil was raised on a farm before being educated in the Greek and Roman authors. His rural upbringing influenced all his poetry, especially his earlier work, like the “Eclogues”.