Social Commentaries
Fragment LII: Bad faith hath ruin’d me; distrust alone
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Bad faith hath ruin’d me; distrust alone
Has sav’d a remnant; all the rest is gone
To ruin and the dogs !—The powers divine,
I murmur not against them, nor repine :
—Mere human violence, rapine, and stealth,
Have brought me down to poverty, from wealth:
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LII: Bad faith hath ruin’d me; distrust alone.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/53/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LII: Bad faith hath ruin’d me; distrust alone.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/53/.
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