Religion
To the God of the Sea (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Religion
Holy Spirit of the great Shaker of Earth, be thou gracious to others also who ply across the Aegean brine; since even to me, chased by the Thracian hurricane, thou didst open out the calm haven of my desire.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “To the God of the Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/51/.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “To the God of the Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/51/.
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