Time & Brevity
Carpe Diem
Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)
Time & Brevity
Hold fast thine youth, dear soul of mine, new lives will come to birth,
And I that shall have passed away be one with the brown earth.
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Mimnermus. “Carpe Diem.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mimnermus/2/.
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Mimnermus. “Carpe Diem.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mimnermus/2/.
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