Georgics 2.458–474

Georg. 2.458Ō fortūnātōs nimium, sua sī bona nōrint,
agricolās!O farmers, fortunate beyond measure, if they knew their blessings! Georg. 2.459quibus ipsa procul discordibus armīs
460fundit humō facilem vīctum iūstissima tellūs.for whom, far from clashing arms, the most just earth herself pours from the soil an easy living. Georg. 2.461Sī nōn ingentem foribus domus alta superbīs
māne salūtantum tōtīs vomit aedibus undam,
nec variōs inhiant pulchrā testūdine postīs
inlūsāsque aurō vestēs Ephyrēiaque aera,
465alba neque Assyriō fūcātur lāna venēnō
nec casiā liquidī corrumpitur ūsus olīvī:
at sēcūra quiēs et nescia fallere vīta,
dīves opum variārum, at lātīs ōtia fundīs—
spēluncae vīvīque lacūs et frīgida Tempē
470mūgītūsque boum mollēsque sub arbore somnī—
nōn absunt;If no lofty house with proud doors spews out from all its halls a huge tide of morning callers, nor do they gape at doorposts inlaid with lovely tortoiseshell, and garments embroidered with gold, and Corinthian bronzes, nor is their white wool stained with Assyrian dye, nor the use of their clear olive oil spoiled with cassia: yet carefree quiet and a life that knows no deceit, rich in wealth of many kinds, yet leisure on broad estates — caves and living lakes and cool Tempe, the lowing of cattle and soft sleep beneath a tree — are not lacking; Georg. 2.471illīc saltūs ac lūstra ferārum
et patiēns operum exiguōque adsuēta iuventūs,
sacra deum sānctīque patrēs;there are glades and the lairs of wild beasts, and youth patient of toil and used to little, worship of the gods and fathers held in reverence; Georg. 2.473extrēma per illōs
iūstitia excēdēns terrīs vestīgia fēcit.among them Justice, as she departed from the earth, left her last footprints.