Love
Book V, 27
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Where, Melissa, now is the golden and admired brilliance of thy renowned beauty? Where are they, thy disdainful brow and thy proud spirit, thy long slender neck, and the rich gold clasps of thy haughty ankles? Now thy hair is unadorned and unkempt and rags hang about thy feet. Such is the end of prodigal harlots.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 27.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/8/.
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