Love
Book V, 211
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Tears and revel, why do you incite me before my feet are out of the flame to rush into another of Cypris’ fires? Never do I cease from love, and tireless desire ever brings me some new pain from Aphrodite.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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