Death & Dying
Epitaph XXXIV. — On the Empty Tomb [of Carus]
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book VI. — Epitaphs on the Heroes who took part in the Trojan War
Carus has built me as one sepulchre for himself, his wife, and children, when at length they die. Long now their resting-places have lain empty, and may that complaint grow yet older: let each come in the order fixed by the law of birth, and through peaceful years let him who is the earlier born be laid to rest the earlier.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph XXXIV. — On the Empty Tomb [of Carus].” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/100/.
Chicago
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph XXXIV. — On the Empty Tomb [of Carus].” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/100/.
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