Love
Epigram 45: Embrace me not; though streams in silence fall
Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)
Love
Embrace me not; though streams in silence fall,
They sap the basis of the best built wall:
Embrace me not; lest this invading fire
Should be but love, and fiercer flames inspire.
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MLA
Callimachus. “Epigram 45: Embrace me not; though streams in silence fall.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/139/.
Chicago
Callimachus. “Epigram 45: Embrace me not; though streams in silence fall.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/139/.
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