C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, ON THE BURIAL OF HIS BROTHER.

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ON THE BURIAL OF HIS BROTHER.

Faring thro' many a folk and plowing many a sea-plain
These sad funeral-rites (Brother!) to deal thee I come,
So wi' the latest boons to the dead bestowed I may gift thee,
And I may vainly address ashes that answer have none,
Sithence of thee, very thee, to deprive me Fortune behested,
Woe for thee, Brother forlore! Cruelly severed fro' me.
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Yet in the meanwhile now what olden usage of forbears
Brings as the boons that befit mournfullest funeral rites,
Thine be these gifts which flow with tear-flood shed by thy brother,
And, for ever and aye (Brother!) all hail and farewell.

Catullus. Carmina. Sir Richard Francis Burton. trans. London. For translator for private use. 1894.

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Commentary references to this page (6):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 3
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 31
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 65
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 68a
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 68b
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 96
Cross-references to this page (5):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Family and circumstances.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Journey to Bithynia.
- Sulpicia, Carmina Omnia, 1
- Anne Mahoney, Overview of Latin Syntax, Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns
- Anne Mahoney, Overview of Latin Syntax, Verbs

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