Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | I. Admiration | | “Eros is missing” | | Meleager of Gadara (1st Century B.C.) |
| | From the Greek by Charles Whibley
EROS is missing. In the early morn | |
| Forth from his bed the rascal took his flight. | |
| Sweet are his tears; his smile is touched with scorn— | |
| A nimble-tongued, swift-footed, fearless sprite! | |
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| And he is winged; his hands a quiver bear. | 5 |
| What father ’t was begot him none can tell. | |
| “He is not mine,” Earth, Air, and Sea declare. | |
| That he ’s a foe to all, I know full well. | |
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| So keep good watch: beware his snare’s embrace; | |
| Even now his toils may in thy pathway lie. | 10 |
| But look, who ’s that? Ah, there ’s his hiding-place! | |
| I see him, bow and all, in Chloe’s eye. | | | | |
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