Love
Imitated from Propertius (III. v. 1-2)
Translated by Thomas Gray · From Works, ed. Gosse, vol. I (1884)
Love
Love, gentle Power! to Peace was e'er a friend;
Before the Goddess' shrine we too, love's vot'ries, bend,
Still may his Bard in softer fights engage;
Wars hand to hand with Cynthia let me wage.
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Codex Note
Translation by Gray from Propertius, Elegies III. 5, 1-2 (December 1738).
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