" The poet writes "Happy is the man who can read the causes of things" as an allusion to Lucretius in its second section.
John Dryden said that it was "the best poem of the best poet." The poet writes "Happy is the man who can read the causes of things" as an allusion to Lucretius in its second section. Based on a now lost work by Nicander of Colophon, it was begun at the request of Maecenas, who is asked "What makes the cornfield smile; beneath what star" in its opening line. Composed between 37 and 30 BC, it takes up topics like beekeeping, olive growing, and crops in its four books. FTP, identify this didactic poem about farming, the last finished work by Virgil.
John Dryden said that it was "the best poem of the best poet.
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