Love
Book V, 169
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Sweet in summer a draught of snow to him who thirsts, and sweet for sailors after winter’s storms to feel the Zephyr of the spring. But sweeter still when one cloak doth cover two lovers and Cypris hath honour from both
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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