Death & Dying
Parentalia XX. — Lucanus Talisius, their Son
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book IV. — Parentalia
You, too, in turn shall not pass unregarded, young Talisius, my nephew and your mother's only hope. Though you were snatched from us in the first years of your prime, yet you were already wed, already early made a father: and we may think Fate hastened that event, that being so quickly made a grandfather, your own sire might not declare your death to be untimely.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Parentalia XX. — Lucanus Talisius, their Son.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/28/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Parentalia XX. — Lucanus Talisius, their Son.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/28/.
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