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An Empty Tomb
by:
Callimachus
(c. 310-240 B.C.)
translated by H. W. Tytler
Had never vessel cross'd the main,
Our present grief had been in vain;
But we for Sopolis must weep,
Now plung'd beneath the whelming deep:
The surges toss his breathless frame;
An empty tomb preserves his name.
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