Love
Book XII, 98
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
Love, tying down the Muses’ cicada on a bed of thorns, would lull it there, holding fire under its sides. But the Soul, sore tried of old amid books, makes light of other pain, yet upbraids the ruthless god.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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