Death & Dying
Shorter Poems 11: On the Tomb of a Beauty
Translated by Maurice Platnauer (1922) · From Shorter Poems
Death & Dying
Fate allows not beauty a long life: sudden is the end of all that is noble and pre-eminent. Here lies a lovely woman: hers was the beauty of Venus and hers the illwill of Heaven for a gift so rare.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 11: On the Tomb of a Beauty.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/38/.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 11: On the Tomb of a Beauty.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/38/.
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