Living
The Voyage of Life (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Life is a dangerous voyage; for tempest-tossed in it we often strike rocks more pitiably than shipwrecked men; and having Chance as pilot of life, we sail doubtfully as on the sea, some on a fair voyage, and others contrariwise; yet all alike we put into the one anchorage under earth.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “The Voyage of Life (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/161/.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “The Voyage of Life (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/161/.
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