Death & Dying
Epigram 18: Had never vessel cross’d the main
Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)
Death & Dying
Had never vessel cross’d the main,
Our present grief had been in vain ;
But we for Sopolis must weep,
Now plung’d beneath the whelming deep :
The surges toss his breathless frame ;
An empty tomb preserves his name.
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MLA
Callimachus. “Epigram 18: Had never vessel cross’d the main.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/112/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 18: Had never vessel cross’d the main.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/112/.
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