CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE
by: Euripides
ADY, the
sun's light to our eyes is dear,
- And fair the tranquil reaches of the sea,
- And flowery earth in May, and bounding waters;
- And so right many fair things I might praise;
- Yet nothing is so radiant and so fair
- As for souls childless, with desire sore-smitten,
- To see the light of babes about the house.
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This English translation, by J.A.
Symonds, of 'Children in the House' is reprinted from Greek
Poets in English Verse. Ed. William Hyde Appleton. Cambridge:
The Riverside Press, 1893. |
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