T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
Spring
By Anacreon (582485 B.C.)(From the Odes; translated by Thomas Stanley, 1651) |
PLEASANT ’tis abroad to stray | |
Thro’ the meadow deep in hay, | |
Where soft zephyrs, breathing low, | |
Odorous sweets round us throw; | |
Pleasant, where the gadding vine | 5 |
Weaves a safe shade, to recline | |
With some dainty girl whose breast | |
Cypris wholly hath possest. | |