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EPIGRAM ON A DEAD CHILD by LUCIAN

First Line: THE FROWNING FATES HAVE TAKEN HENCE / CALLIMACHUS, A CHILD
Last Line: SO WERE HIS TROUBLES SMALL.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;

The frowming fates have taken hence
Calimachus, a childe
Five yeres of age; ah well is he
from cruell care exilde:
What though he livd but little tyme,
waile nought for that at all:
For as his yeres not many were,
so were his troubles small.



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