Nature
Shorter Poems 5: A distant Scene
Translated by Maurice Platnauer (1922) · From Shorter Poems
Nature
There is a place deep buried in a huge bay where an island, stretching far out into the sea, stills the rough waves to quiet, and steep cliffs, jutting out into the broken water, curve themselves into a peaceful harbourage.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 5: A distant Scene.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/32/.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 5: A distant Scene.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/32/.
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