Living
Fragment XV (Lang)
Translated by Andrew Lang (1880) · From Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose (Macmillan, 1889)
Living
It is not well, my friend, to run to the craftsman, whatever may befall, nor in every matter to need another’s aid, nay, fashion a pipe thyself, and to thee the task is easy.
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Smyrna, Bion of. “Fragment XV (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bion/32/.
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Smyrna, Bion of. “Fragment XV (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bion/32/.
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