This was among my prayers: a piece of land not so very large, where a garden should be… — Horace
This was among my prayers: a piece of land not so very large, where a garden should be and a spring of ever-flowing water near the house, and a bit of woodland as well as these.
In the original Latin
Hoc erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus, hortus ubi et tecto vicinus iugis aquae fons et paulum silvae super his foret.
Satires · 30 BC
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Romulus. Quoted in Satires and Epistles, written by Horace, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 2.
Original citation
Romulus. Quoted in Saturae [Satires], written by Horace. c. 35 BC, bk. 2.
