Arts & Sciences
Shorter Poems 3: To Aeternalis
Translated by Maurice Platnauer (1922) · From Shorter Poems
Arts & Sciences
Phoebus’ every breath from the Castalian spring, the tripod’s every moan within the shrine of prophecy--all these are poetry. Of prose the Muses will have none. In poetry only can I express myself, so wholly does my patron, Apollo, possess me.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 3: To Aeternalis.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/30/.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 3: To Aeternalis.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/30/.
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