Social Commentaries
Fragment LXXXIII: Happy the man, with worldly wealth and ease
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Happy the man, with worldly wealth and ease,
Who, dying in good time, departs in peace.
Nor yet reduc’d to wander as a stranger
In exile and distress and daily danger ;
To fawn upon his foes, to risk the trial
Of a friend’s faith, and suffer a denial!
Cite this poem
MLA
Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXXIII: Happy the man, with worldly wealth and ease.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/86/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXXIII: Happy the man, with worldly wealth and ease.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/86/.
Read this poem with the Codex →