Fragments - Lines 1353 - 1356 Poem by Theognis

Fragments - Lines 1353 - 1356

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Bitter and sweet, alluring and tormenting:
Such, till it be fulfilled, Kyrnos, is love to the young;
For if one finds fulfillment, it proves sweet; but if, pursuing,
One fails of fulfillment, then of all things it is most painful.

Theognis
Thursday, January 1, 2004
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