Social Commentaries
Epigram 33: That I am poor is known to me
Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)
Social Commentaries
That I am poor is known to me,
My good Menippus, as to thee ;
Then, by our love, insist no more
On what I knew too well before:
Such truths offend a stranger’s ear,
But to a friend are most severe.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 33: That I am poor is known to me.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/127/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 33: That I am poor is known to me.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/127/.
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