"Ναυηγοῦ τάφος εἰμί: σὺ δὲ πλέε: καὶ γὰρ ὅθ᾽ ἡμεῖς ὠλλύμεθ᾽, αἱ λοιπαὶ νῆες ἐποντοπόρουν."

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Poets from ItalyPoets from GreeceEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyPeople from Sicily
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Tomb of a shipwrecked mariner am I, But sail thou on, and never stay for me; Yea, for when death to us was drawing nigh The other ships were sailing on the sea. — Translated by W. H. D. Rouse, An Echo of Greek Song (1899) p. 39