Theocritus Quote

Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small
Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all."


Idyll 28; lines 21-22; translation by C. S. Calverley, from Theocritus, translated into English Verse. - Idylls


Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all.

Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all.

Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all.

Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all.