Love

Love and Song

by Bion of Smyrna fl. c. 100 BC

Translated by J. M. Edmonds (1912) · From The Greek Bucolic Poets (Loeb, 1912)

Love

May Love call the Muses, and the Muses bring Love; and may the Muses ever give me song at my desire, dear melodious song, the sweetest physic in the world.

MLA

Smyrna, Bion of. “Love and Song.” Translated by J. M. Edmonds. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bion/13/.

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Smyrna, Bion of. “Love and Song.” Translated by J. M. Edmonds. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bion/13/.

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