Cynthia will one day be but Dust and Ashes by Sextus Propertius. Heathcote William Garrod, comp. 1912. The Oxford Book of Latin Verse

Heathcote William Garrod, comp. (1878–1960). The Oxford Book of Latin Verse. 1912.

Cynthia will one day be but Dust and Ashes

Sextus Propertius (c.50 B.C.–c.16 B.C.)


SCRIBANT de te alii uel sis ignota licebit:
laudet, qui sterili semina ponit humo.
omnia, crede mihi, tecum uno munera lecto
auferet extremi funeris atra dies;
et tua transibit contemnens ossa uiator	5
nec dicet ‘Cinis hic docta puella fuit’.