Nature
Pan's Piping (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Breathe music, O Pan that goest on the mountains, with thy sweet lips, breathe delight into thy pastoral reed, pouring song from the musical pipe, and make the melody sound in tune with the choral words; and about thee to the pulse of the rhythm let the inspired foot of these water-nymphs keep falling free.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Messene, Alcaeus of. “Pan's Piping (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/alcaeus-messene/19/.
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Messene, Alcaeus of. “Pan's Piping (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/alcaeus-messene/19/.
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