Living
Apologia
Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)
Living
The brown earth drinks from heaven, and from the earth the tree,
The sea drinks down the vapour, and the sun drinks up the sea,
The moon drinks in the sunlight; now therefore, comrades, say
What fault have you to find in me if I would drink as they?
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Codex Note
From the Anacreontea
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Anacreon. “Apologia.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anacreon/104/.
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Anacreon. “Apologia.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anacreon/104/.
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