Death & Dying
Epigram 4: Say, Timon, sunk in night, abhorr’st thou now
Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)
Death & Dying
Say, Timon, sunk in night, abhorr’st thou now
The light above, or gloomy shades below ?
“I hate the shades, since fill’d with human-kind
In greater numbers than I left behind.”
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Callimachus. “Epigram 4: Say, Timon, sunk in night, abhorr’st thou now.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/98/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 4: Say, Timon, sunk in night, abhorr’st thou now.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/98/.
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