Nature
Book IX, 261
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Nature
I, the vine who once was young and clothed in leafy shoots, I who bore bunches of swelling grapes, am now as old as you see. Look how Time overcomes us! Even the vine’s clusters know the wrinkles of old age.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Epigonus of. “Book IX, 261.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/epigonus-thessalonica/0/.
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Thessalonica, Epigonus of. “Book IX, 261.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/epigonus-thessalonica/0/.