Love
Book V, 262
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Alack, alack! envy forbids even thy sweet speech and the secret language of thy eyes. I am in dread of the eye of thy old nurse, who stands close to thee like the many-eyed herdsman ! of the Argive maiden. “Stand there and keep watch; but you gnaw your heart in vain, for your eye cannot reach to the soul.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book V, 262.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/22/.
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