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σιγαλέως φέρεται πολιὸς χρόνος: ἀλλὰ παρέρπων
καὶ φωνὰς κλέπτει φθεγγομένων μερόπων,
καὶ μὴ φαινόμενος τοὺς φαινομένους ἀφανίζει,
καὶ μὴ φαινομένους εἰς φανερὸν προφέρει.ὦ ζωῆς ἀόριστος ἐν ἀνθρώποισι τελευτή,
— Paton edition
ἦμαρ ἐπ᾽ ἦμαρ ἀεὶ πρὸς ζόφον ἐρχομένων.
Grey Time goes along in silence, but as he creeps
— Paton edition
by he steals the voices of speaking men. Himself
unseen, he makes the seen unseen and brings the
unseen to light. Ο undetermined end of the life of
men who day by day advance towards the dark !
Grey Time goes along in silence, but as he creeps
— Paton edition
by he steals the voices of speaking men. Himself
unseen, he makes the seen unseen and brings the
unseen to light. Ο undetermined end of the life of
men who day by day advance towards the dark !
σιγαλέως φέρεται πολιὸς χρόνος: ἀλλὰ παρέρπων
καὶ φωνὰς κλέπτει φθεγγομένων μερόπων,
καὶ μὴ φαινόμενος τοὺς φαινομένους ἀφανίζει,
καὶ μὴ φαινομένους εἰς φανερὸν προφέρει.ὦ ζωῆς ἀόριστος ἐν ἀνθρώποισι τελευτή,
— Paton edition
ἦμαρ ἐπ᾽ ἦμαρ ἀεὶ πρὸς ζόφον ἐρχομένων.
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