Nature
The Fountain of Love (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Here beneath the plane-trees, overborne by soft sleep, Love slumbered, giving his torch to the Nymphs' keeping; and the Nymphs said one to another, "Why do we delay? and would that with this we might have quenched the fire in the heart of mortals." But now, the torch having kindled even the waters, the amorous Nymphs pour hot water thence into the bathing pool.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Marianus. “The Fountain of Love (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/marianus-scholasticus/6/.
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Scholasticus, Marianus. “The Fountain of Love (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/marianus-scholasticus/6/.
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