The world itself is for its burgher's joy;
Nature's inspired with the general weal,
The highest goodness shews its trace in all.
Friedrich von Hagedorn, too, praises country pleasures in The Feeling of Spring:
Enamelled meadows! freshly decked in green,
I sing your praises constantly;
Nature and Spring have decked you out....
Delightful quiet, stimulant of joy,
How enviable thou art!
This idyllic taste for country life was common at the time, especially among the so-called 'anacreontists.' Gleim, for instance, in his Praise of Country Life: 'Thank God that I have fled from the bustle of the world and am myself again under the open sky.'