I will twine the white violet and I will twine the delicate narcissus with myrtle buds, and I will twine laughing lilies, and I will twine the sweet crocus, and I will twine therewithal the crimson hyacinth, and I will twine lovers' roses, that on balsam-curled Heliodora's temples my garland may shed its petals over the lovelocks of her hair.
The Garland of Meleager
by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946)
1. Love's garland [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945), "Love's garland"
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- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title
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2. Love's fire [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Soul that weepest sore, how is Love's wound that was allayed in thee inflaming through thy heart again! nay, nay, for God's sake, nay for God's sake, O infatuate, stir not the fire that flickers low among the ashes. For soon, O oblivious of thy pains, so sure as Love catches thee in flight, again he will torture his found runaway.
Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945), "Love's relapses"
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 12.80
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3. Laurel and hyacinth
Language: English
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Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945)
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 12,128
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4. Love's prisoner [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Did I not cry aloud to thee, O soul, "Yes, by the Cyprian, thou wilt be caught, poor lover, if thou flutterest so often near the lime-twigs"? did I not cry aloud? and the snare has taken thee. Why dost thou gasp vainly in the toils? Love himself has bound thy wings and set thee on the fire, and sprinkled thee to swooning with perfumes, and given thee in thy thirst hot tears to drink.
Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945), "Love's prisoner"
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 12.132
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Confirmed with J. W. Mackail, Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology, from Project Gutenberg.
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5. Love's Martyr [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Evermore in my ears eddies the sound of Love, and my eye silently carries sweet tears for the Desires; nor does night nor light let me rest, but already my enchanted heart bears the well-known imprint. Ah winged Loves, surely you know how to fly towards me, but have no whit of strength to fly away.
Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945), "Love's Martyr"
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 5.212
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Confirmed with J. W. Mackail, Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. Note: this is a prose text. Line-breaks have been added arbitrarily.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
6. Epitaph
Language: English
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Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945)
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- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE) [text unavailable]
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Total word count: 252