Theognis

Here you will find the Poem Fragments - Lines 1353 - 1356 of poet Theognis

Fragments - Lines 1353 - 1356

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.