Love
Book V, 48
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Golden are her eyes and her cheeks like crystal, and her mouth more delightful than a red rose. Her neck is of marble and her bosom polished ; her feet are whiter than silver Thetis. If here and there the thistle-down glistens amid her dark locks, I heed not the white aftermath.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 48.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/18/.
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