Death & Dying
A Grave by the Sea (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Keep eight cubits away from me, O rough sea, and billow and roar with all thy might; but if thou pullest down the grave of Eumares, thou wilt find nothing of value, but only bones and dust.
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Samos, Asclepiades of. “A Grave by the Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/46/.
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Samos, Asclepiades of. “A Grave by the Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/46/.
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