Epigram 31: Cleonicus, unhappy man

Cleonicus, unhappy man,
Say whence thy sorrows first began ?
For, by yon blazing orb of light, :
I ne’er beheld so sad a sight. :
Where hast thou been ? thy flesh is gone,
And nothing left but skin and bone.
My demon sure, and hapless fate,
Reduc’d thee to this wretched state ;
Kusithea stole thy heart, like mine ;
When first you saw the nymph divine, )
You gaz’d on her with wishful eyes,
And hence, I fear, your woes arise.