Love
Book V, 120
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
By midnight, eluding my husband, and drenched by the heavy rain, I came. And do we then sit idle, not talking and sleeping, as lovers ought to sleep?
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Gadara, Philodemus of. “Book V, 120.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/8/.
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