Love
The Praise of Love
Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)
Love
Sweet is the snow in summer thirst to drink, and sweet the day
When sailors see spring's garland bloom and winter pass away.
But the sweetest thing on earth is when, one mantle for their cover,
Two hearts recite the Cyprian's praise as lover unto lover.
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Samos, Asclepiades of. “The Praise of Love.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/48/.
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Samos, Asclepiades of. “The Praise of Love.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/48/.
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