Death & Dying
On a Child of Five (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Me Callimachus, a five-years-old child whose spirit knew not grief, pitiless Death snatched away; but weep thou not for me; for little was my share in life, and little in life's ills.
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Lucian. “On a Child of Five (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucian/38/.
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Lucian. “On a Child of Five (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lucian/38/.
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