Love
Book XII, 233
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
Comedian, thou deemest that thy prime is “The Treasure,” knowing not that it is swifter to depart than “The Phantom.”” Time will make thee “The Hated Man” and then “The Countryman,” and then thou shalt seek “The Clipped Lady.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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