Love

The Kiss

by Strato of Sardis probably the reign of Hadrian, 2nd century AD (Paton’s date)

Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)

Love

It was at even and the hour in which good-nights are bid
That Mœris kissed me, if indeed I do not dream she did.
Of all the rest that happened there is naught that I forget,
No word she said, no question of all she asked,--and yet
If she indeed did kiss me, my doubt can not decide,
For how could I still walk the earth had I been deified!

MLA

Sardis, Strato of. “The Kiss.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/strato/91/.

Chicago

Sardis, Strato of. “The Kiss.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/strato/91/.

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