Persian Letters, Montesquieu

In the evening, [...] they sang of the injustices and misfortunes of the first Troglodytes, of virtue reborn with a new people, and of their felicity: they then sang of the greatness of the gods, their favors always present to those who implored them, and their inevitable wrath upon those who did not fear them; they then described the delights of country life, and the happiness of a state always adorned with innocence.