Living
Epigram LXXXIV. — To the same Eunus, because he would smell neither sweet nor rank
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
Pickles are one thing, balsam another: away with scents I Neither to smell rank nor to smell sweet pleases me.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXXXIV. — To the same Eunus, because he would smell neither sweet nor rank.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/284/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXXXIV. — To the same Eunus, because he would smell neither sweet nor rank.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/284/.
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