Time & Brevity
Fortune's Master (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Time & Brevity
No more is Hope or Fortune my concern, nor for what remains do I reck of your deceit; I have reached harbour. I am a poor man, but living in Freedom's company I turn my face away from wealth the scorner of poverty.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Alexandria, Palladas of. “Fortune's Master (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/156/.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Fortune's Master (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/156/.
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