Love
Book V, 306: Addressed by a Girl to a Man
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
You weep, you speak in piteous accents, you look strangely at me, you are jealous, you touch me often and go on kissing me. That is like a lover; but when I say “Here I am next you” and you dawdle, you have absolutely nothing of the lover in you.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Gadara, Philodemus of. “Book V, 306: Addressed by a Girl to a Man.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/15/.
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Gadara, Philodemus of. “Book V, 306: Addressed by a Girl to a Man.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/15/.
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