Social Commentaries
Fragment XXIV: I shall not join the funeral train, to go
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
I shall not join the funeral train, to go
An idle follower in the pomp of woe:
For why—no duty binds me; nor would he,
Their arbitrary chief, have mourn’d for me.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XXIV: I shall not join the funeral train, to go.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/24/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XXIV: I shall not join the funeral train, to go.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/24/.
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