When First You Saw the Nymph Divine Poem by Callimachus

When First You Saw the Nymph Divine



Cleonicus, unhappy man,
Say whence thy sorrows first began?
For, by yon' blazing orb of light,
I ne'er beheld so sad a sight.
Where hast thou been? thy flesh is gone,
And nothing left but skin and bone.
My dæmon sure and hapless fate,
Reduc'd thee to this wretched state;
Eusithea stole thy heart, like mine;
When first you saw the nymph divine,
You gaz'd on her with wishful eyes,
And hence, I fear, your woes arise.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Callimachus

Callimachus

Cyrene, Ancient Libya
Close
Error Success