Love
Book XVI, 208: On Love Asleep on a Pepper-Castor
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Love
Neither when asleep, nor when lifeless, nor at the banquet, is Love without a fire-scattering nip.
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MLA
Prefect, Gabriel the. “Book XVI, 208: On Love Asleep on a Pepper-Castor.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gabriel-prefect/0/.
Chicago
Prefect, Gabriel the. “Book XVI, 208: On Love Asleep on a Pepper-Castor.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gabriel-prefect/0/.