Laudator Temporis Acti: Drying One's Tears

Drying One's Tears

Propertius 3.6.17 (my translation):

Did she dry her wet eyes by pressing wool into them?

...umidaque impressa siccabat lumina lana...

Garbled by Ezra Pound, Homage to Sextus Propertius IV:

Damp wooly handkerchiefs were stuffed into her undryable eyes...

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 5:28 PM

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