Descriptions
On a Garden by the Sea
πόντος ὑποκλύζει χθονὸς ἕδρανα: πλωτὰ δὲ χέρσου
— Paton edition
νῶτα θαλασσαίοις ἄλσεσι τηλεθάει.
ὡς σοφὸς ὅστις ἔμιξε βυθὸν χθονί, φύκια κήποις,
Νηιάδων προχοαῖς χεύματα Νηρεΐδων:
The sea washes terra firma, and the expanse of the
— Paton edition
dry land is navigable and blooms with marine foliage.
How skilled was he who mingled the deep with the
land, sea-weed with garden plants, the floods of
the Nereids with the founts of the Naiads.
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