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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SECOND EPITAPH, by PIERRE LOUIS
First Line: On the gloomy banks of the melas, at tomasson in pamphylia
Last Line: Seen my tomb.
Alternate Author Name(s): Louys, Pierre
Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Farewell; Graves; Dead, The; Parting; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: On the gloomy banks of the melas, at tomasson in pamphylia
Last Line: Seen my tomb.
Alternate Author Name(s): Louys, Pierre
Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Farewell; Graves; Dead, The; Parting; Tombs; Tombstones
On the gloomy banks of the Melas, at Tomasson in Pamphylia, Bilitis
daughter of Damophylis was I born. Far from my fatherland I rest, as you behold.
As a child I learned the loves of Adonis and Astarte, the mysteries of holy
Syria, the death and the return toward Her of the rounded eyes.
If I have been a courtesan, what wrong therein? Was it not my duty as a
woman? Stranger, the Mother-Of All-Things directs our way. To disregard Her is
unwise.
In gratitude, to you that have stopped I wish this destiny: May you love
not, but be loved. Farewell—And remember, in your last years, that you have
seen my tomb.
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