Love
Forget-Me-Not (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Dost thou then also, Philinna, carry longing in thee, dost thou thyself also sicken and waste away with tearless eyes? or is thy sleep most sweet to thee, while of our care thou makest neither count nor reckoning? Thou wilt find thy fate likewise, and thy haughty cheek I shall see wetted with fast-falling tears. For the Cyprian in all else is malign, but one virtue is in her lot, hatred of proud beauties.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Forget-Me-Not (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/102/.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Forget-Me-Not (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/102/.
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