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A Brothers Grave
By Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84c. 54 B.C.)
Translation of James Cranstoun
B
I reach thy grave, death’s last sad rite to pay;
To call thy silent dust in vain, and mourn,
Since ruthless fate has hurried thee away:
Woe’s me! yet now upon thy tomb I lay—
All soaked with tears for thee, thee loved so well—
What gifts our fathers gave the honored clay
Of valued friends; take them, my grief they tell:
And now, forever hail! forever fare thee well!