Love
Asclepias
Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)
Love
Like the calm sea beguiling with those blue eyes of hers,
Asclepias tempteth all men to be love's mariners.
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Gadara, Meleager of. “Asclepias.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/186/.
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Gadara, Meleager of. “Asclepias.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/186/.
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