Death & Dying
The Young Wife (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
In season the bride-chamber held thee, out of season the grave took thee, O Anastasia, flower of the blithe Graces; for thee a father, for thee a husband pours bitter tears; for thee haply even the ferryman of the dead weeps; for not a whole year didst thou accomplish beside thine husband, but at sixteen years old, alas! the tomb holds thee.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “The Young Wife (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/72/.
Chicago
Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “The Young Wife (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/72/.
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