Death & Dying
On a Wayside Tomb (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Sit beneath the poplars here, traveller, when thou art weary, and drawing nigh drink of our spring; and even far away remember the fountain that Simus sets by the side of Gillus his dead child.
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MLA
Nicias. “On a Wayside Tomb (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nicias/9/.
Chicago
Nicias. “On a Wayside Tomb (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nicias/9/.
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