Quote#Nature
Oh happy, (if his happiness he knows)
Quote byAbraham Cowley · 1618–1667
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Works (1668), Virgil, Georgics, book ii, line 458.
English (original)
Oh happy, (if his happiness he knows) The Countrey Swain! on whom kind Heav'n bestows At home all Riches that wise Nature needs; Whom the just Earth with easie plenty feeds.
— Abraham Cowley
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