The Fleece Directory References Discover Major Mass Extinctions 10 Great Sports Rivalries 6 Animals That Eat Their Mates What’s the Difference Between Bison and Buffalo? Does Tomato Juice Really Neutralize Skunk Odor? 7 Drugs that Changed the World How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials Contents Ask the Chatbot a Question The Fleece work by Dyer Ask the Chatbot a Question Learn about this topic in these articles:discussed in biography In John DyerDyer’s longest poem, The Fleece (1757), a blank-verse poem on the subject of tending sheep, is a typically 18th-century attempt to imitate Virgil’s Georgics. Dyer also wrote The Ruins of Rome (1740), which again combines description and meditation.Read More Britannica ChatbotChatbot answers are created from Britannica articles using AI. This is a beta feature. AI answers may contain errors. Please verify important information using Britannica articles. About Britannica AI.
