Anakreón: Zitate auf Englisch
Variante: Fruitful earth drinks up the rain, Trees from earth drink that again; The sea too drinks the air, the sun Drinks the sea, and him the moon. Is it reason, then, do ye think, That I should thirst when all else drink?
Quelle: Odes, 21.
“I fled the headless darts of slanderous tongue.”
Odes, XLII. (XL.), 11.
Odes, XXIV.
Variante: The bull by nature hath his horns, The horse his hoofs, to daunt their foes; The light-foot hare the hunter scorns; The lion's teeth his strength disclose.The fish, by swimming, 'scapes the weel; The bird, by flight, the fowler's net; With wisdom man is arm'd as steel; Poor women none of these can get. What have they then?—fair Beauty's grace, A two-edged sword, a trusty shield; No force resists a lovely face, Both fire and sword to Beauty yield.
“To-day belongs to me,
To-morrow who can tell.”
Odes, VIII. (VIL), 9.
“Whence can we the future learn?
Life to mortals is obscure.”
Odes, XXXVIII. (XXXVL), 19.
