Love
The Reveller (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Let the die be thrown; light up! I will on my way; see, courage!--Heavy with wine, what is thy purpose?--I will revel.--I will revel? whither wanderest, O heart?--And what is Reason to Love? light up, quick!--And where is thy old study of philosophy?--Away with the long toil of wisdom; this one thing only I know, that Love took captive even the mind of Zeus.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Gadara, Meleager of. “The Reveller (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/130/.
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Gadara, Meleager of. “The Reveller (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/130/.
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