Social Commentaries
Fragment V: My thirst was sated at a secret source
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
My thirst was sated at a secret source,
I found it clear and limpid; but its course
Is alter’d now; polluted and impure !
I leave it; and where other springs allure
Shall wander forth; or freely quaff my fill
From the loose current of the flowing rill.
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MLA
Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment V: My thirst was sated at a secret source.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/6/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment V: My thirst was sated at a secret source.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/6/.
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