Social Commentaries
Fragment LXXXVII: Wearied and sick at heart, in seas of trouble
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Wearied and sick at heart, in seas of trouble,
I work against the wind, and strive to double
The dark disastrous cape of poverty.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXXVII: Wearied and sick at heart, in seas of trouble.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/90/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXXVII: Wearied and sick at heart, in seas of trouble.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/90/.
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