Living
Epigram LXXVII
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Fear troubles pleasure lest it sap our health;
Fear marreth beauty for the hideous stealth
Of love; fear prophesies to pride her fall;
Fear palsies strength, and warns the loss of wealth.
Fear poisons learning for another's fame;
Fear haunts the flesh with dissolution's shame;
Fear is to live; — save when the soul withdrawn
Looks out and laughs at the world's care and claim.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXVII.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/72/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXVII.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/72/.
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