Death & Dying
Book VII, 280
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
This hummock is a tomb; you there hold in your oxen and pull up the ploughshare, for you are disturbing ashes. On such earth shed no seed of corn, but tears.
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Aegae, Isidorus of. “Book VII, 280.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/isidorus/1/.
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Aegae, Isidorus of. “Book VII, 280.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/isidorus/1/.
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