Death & Dying
The Lord of Lands
Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)
Death & Dying
Though till the gates of Heracles thy land-marks thou extend,
Their share in earth is equal for all men at the end;
And thou shalt lie as Irus lies, one obol all thy store,
And be resolved into an earth that is thine own no more.
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MLA
Ammianus. “The Lord of Lands.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ammianus/27/.
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Ammianus. “The Lord of Lands.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ammianus/27/.
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