Letter 87 — Some Arguments in of the Simple Life (§20)

“Behold: What fruits each country bears, or will not bear; Here corn, and there the vine, grow richlier. And elsewhere still the tender tree and grass Unbidden clothe themselves in green. Seest thou How Tmolus ships its saffron perfumes forth, And ivory comes from Ind; soft Sheba sends Its incense, and the unclad Chalybes Their iron.”