Social Commentaries
Enough of such discourse ; now let us try
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Enough of such discourse ; now let us try
To join our best endeavours, you and I,
With voice and music; since the Muse has bless’d
Us both with her endewments ; and possess’d
With the fair science of harmonious sound
The neighbouring people, and the cities round.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Enough of such discourse ; now let us try.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/95/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Enough of such discourse ; now let us try.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/95/.
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