by Virgil
O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint
Virgil's rosy view of the farming life
Georgics, Book 2, lines 458 - 474
Metamorphoses Book 1, lines 466-76 and 525-67
Metamorphoses Book 8, lines 846 - 884
Metamorphoses Book 13, lines 789 - 869
Aeneid book 2, lines 145-198
Odes 1.26
Consolation of Philosophy Book 3 M12
Odes 2.20
Odes 3.18