Love
Love the Gambler (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Love
Still in his mother's lap, a child playing with dice in the morning, Love played my life away.
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MLA
Gadara, Meleager of. “Love the Gambler (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/143/.
Chicago
Gadara, Meleager of. “Love the Gambler (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/143/.
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