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Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Stay in town - Julianus antecessor

Stay in town, little wight,
Safe at home:
If you roam
The cranes who delight 
Upon pygmies to sup, 
Will gobble you up.
Stay at home.

Julianus antecessor (6th century) Ancient Greece
Translated by H. Wellesly
Source: Greek poets in English verse by Various Translators, Edited by William Hyde Appleton, Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1893 

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