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On a High House in Constantinople
Τρισσόθεν εἰσορόω πολυτερπέα νῶτα θαλάσσης,
— Paton edition
πάντοθεν ἠματίῳ φέγγεϊ βαλλόμενος:
εἰς ἐμὲ γὰρ κροκόπεπλος ὅταν περικίδναται Ἠώς,
τερπομένη, στείχειν πρὸς δύσιν οὐκ ἐθέλει.
From three sides I view the pleasant expanse of
— Paton edition
the sea, struck by the sunlight from all quarters.
For when saffron-mantled Dawn envelops me, she is
so pleased that she has no wish to go on to her
setting.
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