Love
Waiting in Vain (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Love
Nico the renowned consented to come to me at nightfall and swore by the holy Lady of Laws; and she is not come, and the watch is gone by; did she mean to forswear herself? Servants, put out the lamp.
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Samos, Asclepiades of. “Waiting in Vain (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/40/.
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Samos, Asclepiades of. “Waiting in Vain (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/40/.
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