Social Commentaries
Fragment LXIX: Scarce can I venture plainly to declare
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Scarce can I venture plainly to declare
Our present state, or what the dangers are.—
—Let the worst happen! I shall bear, I trust,
Whatever fate determines—bear we must!
Inextricable difficulties rise,
And death and danger are before our eyes.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXIX: Scarce can I venture plainly to declare.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/70/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXIX: Scarce can I venture plainly to declare.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/70/.
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