Arts & Sciences
Erinna
Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)
Arts & Sciences
The lyric maid Erinna, the poet-bee that drew
The honey from the rarest blooms the muses' garden grew,
Hath Hades snatched to be his bride. Mark where the maiden saith,
Prophetic in her wisdom, 'How envious art thou, Death!'
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Erinna.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/112/.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Erinna.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/112/.
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