Happy is a country life! Happy is a country life! Blest with content, good health and ease, Free from factions, noise and strife, We only plot ourselves to please. Peace of mind's our day's delight, And love, or welcome dreams, at night. Peace of mind's our day's delight, And love, or welcome dreams, at night. Hail! green fields, and shady woods! Hail! crystal streams that still run pure, Nature's uncorrupted goods, Where virtue only dwells secure; Free from vice and free from care, Age has no pain, nor youth a snare. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT LOVE TO THE CHURCH by TIMOTHY DWIGHT THE CAPTAINS OF THE YEARS by ARTHUR RAYMOND MACDOUGALL JR. EBB by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY THE DAY-DREAM: THE SLEEPING PALACE by ALFRED TENNYSON |