Love
The First Kiss (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
At evening, at the hour when we say good-night, Moeris kissed me, I know not whether really or in a dream; for very clearly I now have the rest in mind, all she said to me, and all that she asked me of; but whether she kissed me too, I doubt and guess; for if it is true, how, after being set in heaven, do I go to and fro upon earth?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sardis, Strato of. “The First Kiss (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/strato/85/.
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Sardis, Strato of. “The First Kiss (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/strato/85/.
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