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Quotation from Eclogues and Georgics by Virgil

“Oh! all too happy tillers of the soil, Could they but know their blessedness”

Virgil (spoken by The poet)

Eclogues and Georgics, Georgic II, trans. James Rhoades

The opening of the praise of country life near the end of Book II.

Citation: "Oh! all too happy tillers of the soil, Could they but know their blessedness" — Virgil, Eclogues and Georgics, Georgic II, trans. James Rhoades. (id virgil-eclogues-and-georgics-q5)

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