Death & Dying
The Span of Life (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Earth and Birth-Goddess, thou who didst bear me and thou who coverest, farewell; I have accomplished the course between you, and I go, not discerning whither I shall travel; for I know not either whose or who I am, or whence I came to you.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Consul, Macedonius the. “The Span of Life (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/macedonius/53/.
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Consul, Macedonius the. “The Span of Life (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/macedonius/53/.
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