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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A YOUNG BRIDE DROWNED IN THE BOSPHORUS, by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS
First Line: Stranger! Shouldst thou to thessaly return
Last Line: So to preserve his young bride's memory.
Alternate Author Name(s): Agathias Scholasticos
Subject(s): Bosphorus, Strait; Drowning
First Line: Stranger! Shouldst thou to thessaly return
Last Line: So to preserve his young bride's memory.
Alternate Author Name(s): Agathias Scholasticos
Subject(s): Bosphorus, Strait; Drowning
STRANGER! shouldst thou to Thessaly return.
Say to my heart's dear lord that here I lie,
Here, where the Bosphor's waves are foaming high,
And bid him near our bower my name inurn, --
So to preserve his young bride's memory.
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