George Darley

Lenimina Laborum. 46. The Roman Cottager

Verbatim from Virgil.

Happy old Man!—here mid thy well-known streams
And sacred founts, shalt thou the coolness dim
Inhale!—This neighbour hedge, still pasturing
Hybloean bees on willow flowers, shall oft
With a light murmur Iure thee to repose!
Here shall the woodman sing unto the winds
Beneath the lofty rock: nor shall they care,
The deep-voiced doves, nor shall the turtle cease,
From the aerial elm-tree to complain.