Love
Moonlight (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Lady of Night, twy-horned, lover of nightlong revels, shine, O Moon, shine, darting through the latticed windows; shed thy splendour on golden Callistion; thine immortality may look down unchidden on the deeds of lovers; thou dost bless both her and me, I know, O Moon; for thy soul too was fired by Endymion.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Gadara, Philodemus of. “Moonlight (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/30/.
Chicago
Gadara, Philodemus of. “Moonlight (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/30/.
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