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The Bride's Vigil (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Never grow mould, O lamp, nor call up the rain, lest thou stop my bridegroom in his coming; always thou art jealous of the Cyprian; yes and when she betrothed Hero to Leander--O my heart, leave the rest alone. Thou art the Fire-God's, and I believe that by vexing the Cyprian thou flatterest thy master's pangs.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Scholasticus, Agathias. “The Bride's Vigil (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/108/.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “The Bride's Vigil (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/108/.
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