Death & Dying
Epigram 17: The Samian virgins us’d often to play
Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)
Death & Dying
The Samian virgins us’d often to play
With Crethis the witty, the pleasant, and gay,
But now, when they seek her, she cannot be found ;
Their, spurtive companion sleeps here under ground,
Discharging the debt which to nature we owe;
For all must descend to the regions below.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 17: The Samian virgins us’d often to play.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/111/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 17: The Samian virgins us’d often to play.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/111/.
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