Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The Worlds Best Poetry. Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | V. Death and Bereavement | The Grave of Sophocles | Simmias of Rhodes (fl. 300 B.C.) |
| From the Greek by William M. Hardinge TENDERLY, ivy, on Sophocles graveright tenderlytwine | |
Garlanding over the mound network of delicate green. | |
Everywhere flourish the flower of the rose, and the clustering vine | |
Pour out its branches around, wet with their glistering sheen. | |
All for the sake of the wisdom and grace it was his to combine; | 5 |
Priest of the gay and profound, sweetest of singers terrene. | | | |
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