Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how s… - Theocritus

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Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small
Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all."

Theocritus

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Theocritus (fl. c. 270 BC) was a Greek poet of the 3rd century BC, probably a Syracusan who later lived in Kos and Alexandria. He invented the genre of pastoral poetry.

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Native Name: Θεόκρῐτος • Θεόκριτος

Alternative Names: Theocrates

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Look, still is the sea and still are the breezes; but the pain in my heart is not still.

ἠνίδε σιγῇ μὲν πόντος, σιγῶντι δ᾽ ἀῆται
ἁ δ᾽ ἐμὰ οὐ σιγῇ στέρνων ἔντοσθεν ἀνία

Reflect, ere you spurn me, that youth at his sides
Wears wings; and once gone, all pursuit he derides.

Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all." - Theocritus

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