Love
Book V, 9: Written from Ephesus in the form of a letter
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
I, thy Rufinus, wish all joy to my sweetest Elpis, if she can have joy away from me. By thy eyes, can support no longer this desolate separation and my lonely bed without thee. Ever bathed in tears I go to Coressus hill or to the temple of Artemis the Great. But to-morrow my own city shall receive me back and I shall fly to the light of thy eyes wishing thee a thousand blessings.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 9: Written from Ephesus in the form of a letter.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/0/.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 9: Written from Ephesus in the form of a letter.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/0/.
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