Love
Forsaken (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Love
Why so woe-begone? and why, Philaenis, these reckless tearings of hair, and suffusion of sorrowful eyes? hast thou seen thy lover with another on his bosom? tell me; we know charms for grief. Thou weepest and sayest no: vainly dost thou essay to deny; the eyes are more trustworthy than the tongue.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Maecius. “Forsaken (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/maecius/11/.
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Maecius. “Forsaken (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/maecius/11/.
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