[B-Greek] Could someone help me with this very short sentence?

Dr. Don Wilkins drdwilkins at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 15 15:15:13 EDT 2006


I like mine better because it's a *little* more literal, but sure,  
why not? Wax on! (And don't say "Wax off!") Seriously, though, if I  
was making any point, it was just that the dilemma in such an  
exercise is always whether to go literal and lose the poetry, or  
match the poetry and lose the literal.

Don Wilkins

On May 15, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Barry wrote:

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>> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Could someone help me with this very short
> sentence?
>>
>> A clever epigram where the poetic element is important, so you might
>> want to cheat a little on the lexical/grammatical  side; something
>> like this?
>>
>> "Work we find vexing,
>> Work done is relaxing."
>
> If you going to wax poetic:
>
> Work ahead is vexing,
> Work behind relaxing!
>
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