Death & Dying
Epitaph XXXV. — For the Tomb of a Married Lady of Sixteen
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book VI. — Epitaphs on the Heroes who took part in the Trojan War
Anicia has spent all those treasures which are the hope of a long life before her second decade reached its full. While a mere baby she gave suck; while yet a girl she was mature; she married, she conceived, she bare her child, and now has died a matron. Who can blame death? And yet who can not blame him in this case? In age's gains she is a crone; in age itself, a girl.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph XXXV. — For the Tomb of a Married Lady of Sixteen.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/101/.
Chicago
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph XXXV. — For the Tomb of a Married Lady of Sixteen.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/101/.
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