Social Commentaries
Fragment LXVII: Lash your obedient rabble! lash and load
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Lash your obedient rabble! lash and load
The burden on their backs! Spurn them and goad!
They ’ll bear it all; by patience and by birth,
The most submissive, humble slaves on earth!
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MLA
Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXVII: Lash your obedient rabble! lash and load.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/68/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXVII: Lash your obedient rabble! lash and load.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/68/.
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