Love
Book V, 4
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Philaenis, make drunk with oil the lamp, the silent confidant of things we may not speak of, and then go out: for Love alone loves no living witness ; and, Philaenis, shut the door close. And then, dear Xantho,—but thou, my bed, the lovers’ friend, learn now the rest of Aphrodite’s secrets.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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