by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
ἤδη λευκόιον θάλλει, θάλλει δὲ φίλομβρος
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
ἤδη λευκόιον θάλλει, θάλλει δὲ φίλομβρος νάρκισσος, θάλλει δ᾽ οὐρεσίφοιτα κρίνα ἤδη δ᾽ ἡ φιλέραστος, ἐν ἄνθεσιν ὥριμον ἄνθος, Ζηνοφίλα Πειθοῦς ἡδὺ τέθηλε ῥόδον. λειμῶνες, τί μάταια κόμαις ἔπι φαιδρὰ γελᾶτε; ἁ γὰρ παῖς κρέσσων ἁδυπνόων στεφάνων.
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- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), Epigram 5.144 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Alma Strettell (1856 - 1939) , "In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy" ; composed by Amy Elise Horrocks.
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