Living
Fragment VII (Lang)
Translated by Andrew Lang (1880) · From Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose (Macmillan, 1889)
Living
I know not the way, nor is it fitting to labour at what we have not learned.
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Smyrna, Bion of. “Fragment VII (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bion/24/.
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Smyrna, Bion of. “Fragment VII (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bion/24/.
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