History & Politics
Book IX, 651: On a High House in Constantinople
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
History & Politics
From three sides I view the pleasant expanse of the sea, struck by the sunlight from all quarters. For when saffron-mantled Dawn envelops me, she is so pleased that she has no wish to go on to her setting.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book IX, 651: On a High House in Constantinople.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/62/.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book IX, 651: On a High House in Constantinople.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/62/.
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