Not hard be the turf that covers her soft bones, be not heavy upon her, earth; she was not heavy upon you.

On a dead child

Epigrammata bk. 5, no. 34, l. 9


Not hard be the turf that covers her soft bones, be not heavy upon her, earth; she was not heavy upon you.

Not hard be the turf that covers her soft bones, be not heavy upon her, earth; she was not heavy upon you.

Not hard be the turf that covers her soft bones, be not heavy upon her, earth; she was not heavy upon you.

Not hard be the turf that covers her soft bones, be not heavy upon her, earth; she was not heavy upon you.