Social Commentaries
Fragment LXII: Elate with wine, my losses I despise
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Elate with wine, my losses I despise,
And rude attacks of railing enemies.
But youth departing, and remember’d years
Of early mirth and joy, move me to tears;
While, in the dreary future, I behold
The dark approach of age, cheerless and cold.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXII: Elate with wine, my losses I despise.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/63/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXII: Elate with wine, my losses I despise.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/63/.
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