Living
A Poem of Privacy
Translated by John Addington Symonds (1884) · From Wine, Women, and Song (1884)
Living
When a young man, passion-laden,
In a chamber meets a maiden,
Then felicitous communion,
By love's strain between the twain,
Grows from forth their union;
For the game, it hath no name,
Of lips, arms, and hidden charms.
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The Goliards (Wandering Scholars). “A Poem of Privacy.” Translated by John Addington Symonds. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goliards/32/.
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The Goliards (Wandering Scholars). “A Poem of Privacy.” Translated by John Addington Symonds. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goliards/32/.
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