Nature
Shorter Poems 45: The Shell
Translated by Maurice Platnauer (1922) · From Shorter Poems
Nature
Nymph, come from Helicon and pour herein thy limpid waters; fill all the vast extent of this wondrous shell. Surely the water that has bathed the face of the poetess Serena will have more virtue than all the streams of Castalia.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 45: The Shell.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/73/.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 45: The Shell.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/73/.
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