Love
Love's Excess (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Love
Arm thyself, Cypris, with thy bow, and go at thy leisure to some other mark; for I have not even room left for a wound.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Love's Excess (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1130/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Love's Excess (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1130/.
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