Love
Book V, 25
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
As often as I come to Cydilla’s embrace, whether I ' come in the day time, or more venturesome still in the evening, I know that I hold my path on the edge of a precipice, I know that each time I recklessly stake my life. But what advantage is it to me to know that? My heart is bold (?), and when Love ever leads it, it knows not at all even the shadow of fear.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Gadara, Philodemus of. “Book V, 25.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/3/.
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