Love
Rose (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Love
Would I were a pink rose, that fastening me with thine hands thou mightest grant me grace of thy snowy breast.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Rose (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1129/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Rose (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1129/.
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