The Hymns of Callimachus, Translated from the Greek into English Verse, With Explanatory Notes To which are added, Select Epigrams, and the Coma Berenices of the same Author, Six Hymns of Orpheus, and The Encomium of Ptolemy by Theocritus. By William Dodd |
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[For counsel sage to Pittacus the wise]
For counsel sage to Pittacus the wiseWith doubts perplext an am'rous youth applies:
“Dread sire, two virgins covet my embrace,
“The first my equal both in wealth and race:
“In each superior shines the second fair:
“Which shall I wed—where fix, oh tell me, where?”
He spoke; the sage, his footsteps faithful friend
Uprearing, cry'd, “Lo those thy doubts will end,
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That urg'd the spinning top with smacking thong:
Attentive to their words the youth drew nigh
And oft, “Take one, one equal,” heard them cry:
Whence warn'd he fled the loftier beauty's charms,
And took the equal maiden to his arms.
A choice like his in wisdom wou'd you make,
So you, my friend, to wife an equal take.
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