Love
Book XII, 147
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
They have carried her off! Who so savage as to do such armed violence? Who so strong as to raise war against Love himself? Quick, light the torches! But a footfall; Heliodora’s! Get thee back into my bosom, O my heart.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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