Love
Book V, 219
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Let us steal our kisses, Rhodope, and the lovely and precious work of Cypris. It is sweet not to be found out, and to avoid the all-entrapping eyes of guardians : furtive amours are more honied than open ones.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book V, 219.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/1/.
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