How lucky, if they know their happiness, Are farmers, more than lucky, they for whom, Far from the clash of… — Virgil
How lucky, if they know their happiness,
Are farmers, more than lucky, they for whom,
Far from the clash of arms, the earth herself,
Most fair in dealing, freely lavishes
An easy livelihood.
O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint
Agricolas, quibus ipsa, procul discordibus armis,
Fundit humo facilem victum justissima tellus!
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For God, they say, pervades all things, earth and sea's expanse and heaven's depth.
His cares are eased with intervals of bliss;
His little children, climbing for a kiss,
Welcome their father's late return at night;
His faithful bed is crowned with chaste delight.
Yet theirs is repose without care, and a life that knows no fraud, but is rich in treasures manifold.
