Sunday, April 13, 2008

O, Eros!


Eros, Sidney Harold Meteyard
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O Eros, the conqueror in every fight,
Eros, who squanders all men’s wealth,
who sleeps at night on girls’ soft cheeks,
and roams across the ocean seas
and through the shepherd’s hut—
no immortal god escapes from you,
nor any man, who lives but for a day.
And the one whom you possess goes mad.
-- Sophocles, Antigone.
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