And I at sight of lovers
Their nature can declare,
For in their hearts they too
Some subtle flame-mark bear.”
Pindar to Theoxenos
The following fragment is from Pindar’s Ode to his young friend Theoxenos—in whose arms Pindar is said to have died (B.C. 442):—
“O soul, ’tis thine in season meet,
To pluck of love the blossom sweet,
When hearts are young: