Quotes of Anacreon - somelinesforyou

“ Bring water, bring wine, boy! Bring flowering garlands to me! Yes, bring them, so that I may try a bout with love. ”

- Anacreon

“ Great Bacchus every trouble cures;Then drink as long as life endures.For, whilst we drain the rosy bowl,'Tis all a sunshine of the soul! ”

- Anacreon

“ Great Bacchus every trouble cures;Then drink as long as life endures.For, whilst we drain the rosy bowl,'Tis all a sunshine of the soul! ”

- Anacreon

“ Great Bacchus every trouble cures;Then drink as long as life endures.For, whilst we drain the rosy bowl,'Tis all a sunshine of the soul! ”

- Anacreon

“ Thus, while I quaff the genial wine,I live mid transports quite divine. ”

- Anacreon

“ Thus, while I quaff the genial wine,I live mid transports quite divine. ”

- Anacreon

“ Horns to bulls wise Nature lends;Horses she with hoofs defends;Hares with nimble feet relieves;Dreadful teeth to lions gives;Fishes learn through streams to slide;Birds through yielding air to glide;Men with courage she supplies;But to women these denies… ”

- Anacreon

“ Bring water, bring wine, boy! Bring flowering garlands to me! Yes, bring them, so that I may try a bout with love. ”

- Anacreon

“ Horns to bulls wise Nature lends;Horses she with hoofs defends;Hares with nimble feet relieves;Dreadful teeth to lions gives;Fishes learn through streams to slide;Birds through yielding air to glide;Men with courage she supplies;But to women these denies… ”

- Anacreon

“ Bring water, bring wine, boy! Bring flowering garlands to me! Yes, bring them, so that I may try a bout with love. ”

- Anacreon

“ Thus, while I quaff the genial wine,I live mid transports quite divine. ”

- Anacreon

“ Thus, while I quaff the genial wine,I live mid transports quite divine. ”

- Anacreon

“ Thus, while I quaff the genial wine,I live mid transports quite divine. ”

- Anacreon

“ To-day belongs to me,To-morrow who can tell. ”

- Anacreon

“ To-day belongs to me,To-morrow who can tell. ”

- Anacreon

“ Horns to bulls wise Nature lends;Horses she with hoofs defends;Hares with nimble feet relieves;Dreadful teeth to lions gives;Fishes learn through streams to slide;Birds through yielding air to glide;Men with courage she supplies;But to women these denies… ”

- Anacreon

“ Thus, while I quaff the genial wine,I live mid transports quite divine. ”

- Anacreon

“ Pretty Rose, thou gaudy flower,Sacred to Love's almighty power,Whence there's no Lover ever seeks,But finds Thee in his Mistress' cheeks. ”

- Anacreon

“ Horns to bulls wise Nature lends;Horses she with hoofs defends;Hares with nimble feet relieves;Dreadful teeth to lions gives;Fishes learn through streams to slide;Birds through yielding air to glide;Men with courage she supplies;But to women these denies… ”

- Anacreon

“ Pretty Rose, thou gaudy flower,Sacred to Love's almighty power,Whence there's no Lover ever seeks,But finds Thee in his Mistress' cheeks. ”

- Anacreon

“ Thus, while I quaff the genial wine,I live mid transports quite divine. ”

- Anacreon

“ Great Bacchus every trouble cures;Then drink as long as life endures.For, whilst we drain the rosy bowl,'Tis all a sunshine of the soul! ”

- Anacreon
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