Love
Book V, 251
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
You roll your eyes to express hidden fires and you grimace, twisting and protruding your reddened lips ; you giggle constantly and shake the glory of your curls, and your haughty hands, I see, are stretched out in despair. But your disdainful heart is not bent, and even in your decline you are not softened.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Ascribed to Irenaeus Referendarius.
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