Love
Love's Arrows (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Love
Nay by Demo's tresses, nay by Heliodora's sandal, nay by Timarion's scent-dripping doorway, nay by great-eyed Anticleia's dainty smile, nay by Dorothea's fresh-blossomed garlands, no longer, Love, does thy quiver hide its bitter winged arrows, for thy shafts are all fixed in me.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Gadara, Meleager of. “Love's Arrows (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/147/.
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Gadara, Meleager of. “Love's Arrows (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/147/.
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