Social Commentaries
Hope and Experience (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Social Commentaries
Whoso has married once and again seeks a second wedding, is a shipwrecked man who sails twice through a difficult gulf.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Hope and Experience (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1193/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Hope and Experience (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1193/.
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