No wine for me! — Nay, an it be thy will,
Kiss first the goblet — I will drink my fill:
How may I, when thy lips have touched it, dare
Be sober still, and that sweet draught forswear:
For the cup steers the kiss from thee to me,
And tells me all the bliss it won of thee.
Agathias [Agathias Scholasticus of Myrina] (536 - 582) Turkey
Translated by William M. Hardinge
Source: Selections from the Greek Anthology by Graham R. Tomson (pseudonym of Rosamund Marriott Watson), Scott, c. 1895
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