Love
Book XII, 199
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
I have drunk already in sufficient measure, for both my mind’s and my tongue’s steadiness is relaxed. The flame of the lamp is torn into two, and I count the guests double, though I try over and over again. And now not only am I in a flutter for the wine-pourer, but I look, out of season, at the Water-pourer too.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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