And light its tender shade will be.
Upon the green earth where I lie....
Luctus in Morte Passeris.
“Lugete, O Veneres Cupidenesque, et quantum est hominum venustiorum.”
C. Valerius Catullus.
I BID you all, ye Loves and Cupids, mourn,
With what of pitying kindness men may know.
The sparrow of my little maid forlorn
Ay, even my sweetheart’s sparrow, cherished so,