Lament for Heliodore

From the Greek by Andrew Lang TEARS for my lady dead— Heliodore! Salt tears, and strange to shed, Over and o’er; Tears to my lady dead, Love do we send, Longed for, rememberèd, Lover and friend! Sad are the songs we sing, Tears that we shed, Empty the gifts we bring Gifts to the dead! Go, tears, and go, lament, Fare from her tomb, Wend where my lady went Down through the gloom! Ah, for my flower, my love, Hades hath taken! Ah, for the dust above Scattered and shaken! Mother of blade and grass, Earth, in thy breast Lull her that gentlest was Gently to rest!

Collection: 
English
Meleager of Gadara
Sub Title: 
V. Death and Bereavement

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