Descriptions
On a Bath
νύμφαι Νηιάδες, μετανάστιοι, οὐχ ἅμα πάσας
— Paton edition
εἴξειν ὠιόμην χεύμασιν ἡμετέροις:
εἰ δὲ τόσην τὸ λοετρὸν ἔχει χάριν, οὐδὲν ὀνήσει
ὁ φθόνος, εἰ Νύμφαι πᾶν ἀπέλειπον ὕδωρ.
Naiad Nymphs, ye truants, I never thought you
— Paton edition
would all quit my streams. But if the bath pos-
sesses such charm, Envy will accomplish naught, even
though the Nymphs desert all the water.
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