Nature
Under the Oak (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Lofty-hung boughs of the tall oak, a shadowy height over men that take shelter from the fierce heat, fair-foliaged, closer-roofing than tiles, houses of wood-pigeons, houses of crickets, O noontide branches, protect me likewise who lie beneath your tresses, fleeing from the sun's rays.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Under the Oak (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/52/.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Under the Oak (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/52/.
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