Relationships
Nunc Dimittis (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Relationships
Gazing upon my husband as my last thread was spun, I praised the gods of death, and I praised the gods of marriage, those that I left my husband alive, and these that he was even such an one; but may he remain, a father for our children.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Barbucallus, Joannes. “Nunc Dimittis (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/joannes-barbucallus/1/.
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Barbucallus, Joannes. “Nunc Dimittis (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/joannes-barbucallus/1/.
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