Social Commentaries
L'Allegro (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
All the ways of life are pleasant; in the market-place are goodly companionships, and at home griefs are hidden; the country brings pleasure, seafaring wealth, foreign lands knowledge. Marriages make a united house, and the unmarried life is never anxious; a child is a bulwark to his father; the childless are far from fears; youth knows the gift of courage, white hairs of wisdom: therefore, taking courage, live, and beget a family.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “L'Allegro (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/71/.
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Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “L'Allegro (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/71/.
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