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A Rose in Winter (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Roses were now bloomed in spring, but now in midwinter we have opened our crimson cups, smiling in delight on this thy birthday morning, that brings thee so nigh the bridal bed: better for us to be wreathed on the brows of so fair a woman than wait for the spring sun.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “A Rose in Winter (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/54/.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “A Rose in Winter (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/54/.
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