Social Commentaries
Fragment LXXXII: The last and worst of ills, save death alone
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
The last and worst of ills, save death alone!
The worst of human miseries is my own!
—Those friends of mine have cast me off, and I
Must seek perforce a last resource, to try
To treat and tamper with the enemy.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXXII: The last and worst of ills, save death alone.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/85/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXXII: The last and worst of ills, save death alone.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/85/.
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