Love
Book V, 173
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
O Mornine-star, the foe of love, slowly dost thou revolve around the world, now that another lies warm beneath Demo’s mantle. But when my slender love lay in my bosom, quickly thou camest to stand over us, as if shedding on me a light that rejoiced at my grief.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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