Living
Epigram LXIX. — On the same Heifer of Myron
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
Why thrustest thou at the cold udders of a brazen dam, O calf, and seekest milky liquid from bronze. That also would I supply had Heaven made me within as Myron without.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXIX. — On the same Heifer of Myron.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/271/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXIX. — On the same Heifer of Myron.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/271/.
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