Living
Lacrimae Rerum (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Living
Weeping I was born and having wept I die, and I found all my living amid many tears. O tearful, weak, pitiable race of men, dragged under earth and mouldering away!
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MLA
Alexandria, Palladas of. “Lacrimae Rerum (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/167/.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Lacrimae Rerum (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/167/.
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