Social Commentaries
Book XI, 282
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
I Lament no longer those who have left the sweet daylight, but those who ever live in expectation of death.
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