Love
Book V, 14
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Europa’s kiss is sweet though it reach only to the lips, though it but lightly touch the mouth. But she touches not with the edge of the lips; with her mouth cleaving close she drains the soul from the finger-tips.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 14.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/2/.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 14.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/2/.
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