Love
The Loadstar (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
On thee, Myïscus, the cables of my life are fastened; in thee is the very breath of my soul, what is left of it; for by thine eyes, O boy, that speak even to the deaf, and by thy shining brow, if thou ever dost cast a clouded glance on me, I gaze on winter, and if thou lookest joyously, sweet spring bursts into bloom.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Gadara, Meleager of. “The Loadstar (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/175/.
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Gadara, Meleager of. “The Loadstar (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/175/.
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