Love
Book XII, 105
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
I am a little love that flew away, still easy to catch, from my mother’s nest, but from the house of Damis I fly not away on high; but here, loving and beloved without a rival, I keep company not with many, but with one in happy union.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Samos, Asclepiades of. “Book XII, 105.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/29/.
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