Love
Laurel and Hyacinth (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
O pastoral pipes, no longer sing of Daphnis on the mountains, to pleasure Pan the lord of the goats; neither do you, O lyre interpretess of Phoebus, any more chant Hyacinthus chapleted with maiden laurel; for time was when Daphnis was delightful to the mountain-nymphs, and Hyacinthus to thee; but now let Dion hold the sceptre of Desire.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Gadara, Meleager of. “Laurel and Hyacinth (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/176/.
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Gadara, Meleager of. “Laurel and Hyacinth (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/176/.
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