Death & Dying
Book VI, Epigram 52 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Within this tomb lies Pantagathus, snatched away in boyhood's years, his master's grief and sorrow, skilled to cut with steel that scarcely touched the straggling hairs, and to trim the bearded cheeks. Gentle and light upon him thou mayst be, O earth, as behoves thee; lighter than the artist's hand thou canst not be.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 52 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/852/.
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