Love
Ode XXXIX
Translated by Thomas Moore (1800) · From Odes of Anacreon (1800)
Love
How I love the festive boy,
Tripping through the dance of joy!
How I love the mellow sage,
Smiling through the veil of age!
And whene'er this man of years
In the dance of joy appears,
Snows may o'er his head be flung,
But his heart--his heart is young.
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Anacreon. “Ode XXXIX.” Translated by Thomas Moore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anacreon/38/.
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Anacreon. “Ode XXXIX.” Translated by Thomas Moore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anacreon/38/.
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