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EPITAPH ON EROTION by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: UNDERNEATH THIS GREEDY STONE
Last Line: THE ONLY MELANCHOLY STONE.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; EPITAPHS; GRAVES; DEATH - BABIES; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
Underneath this greedy stone,
Lies little sweet Erotion;
Whom the Fates, with hearts as cold,
Nipt away at six years old.
Thou, whoever thou mayst be,
That hast this small field after me,
Let the yearly rites be paid
To her little slender shade;
So shall no disease or jar
Hurt thy house, or chill thy Lar;
But this tomb here be alone,
The only melancholy stone.


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