Living
Book IX, 73
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
O alternating flood of the Euboean gulf, vagabond - water, running contrary to thy own current, how strong but inconstant a stream thou lendest to the ships, changing its direction regularly thrice by day and thrice by night! Thou art one of the marvels of life, and I am filled with infinite wonder at thee, but do not seek the reason of thy factious course. It is the business and the secret of Nature.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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