Social Commentaries
Fragment XC: O poverty! how sorely do you press
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
O poverty! how sorely do you press,
Debasing soul and body with distress :
To such degrading offices you bind
A manly form, an elevated mind,
Once elegantly fashion’d and nd
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XC: O poverty! how sorely do you press.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/93/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XC: O poverty! how sorely do you press.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/93/.
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