Love
Book V, 230
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Doris pulled one thread from her golden hair and bound my hands with it, as if I were her prisoner. Rees At first I laughed, thinking it easy to shake off charming Doris’ fetters. But finding I had not strength to break them, I presently began to moan, as one held tight by galling irons. And now most ill-fated of men, I am hung on a hair and must ever follow where my mistress chooses to drag me.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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