May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love… — Virgil
May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland.
In the original Latin
Rura mihi et rigui placeant in vallibus amnes, flumina amem silvasque inglorius.
Georgics · 29 BC
★ 2.1Provenance
Current citation
Virgil. "The Georgics." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.
Original citation
Virgil. Georgica [Georgics]. c. 29 BCE, bk. 2.
