Bibliography. The Courier-Journal (February 23, 1900); Kentucky Eloquence (Louisville, 1907).
"FRATER, AVE ATQUE VALE!"
(Catullus, Car. CI.)
[From Verses (Louisville, Kentucky, n. d.)]
Through many nations, over many seas,
Brother, I come to thy sad obsequies:
To bring the last gifts for the dead to thee,
And speak to thy mute ashes—left to me
By the hard fate, that on a cruel day,
From me, dear brother, called Thyself away.
Receive these gifts, wet with fraternal tears;
And the last rites, that custom old endears;
These fond memorials would my sorrow tell—
Brother! forever, hail thee—and farewell!
HADRIAN, DYING, TO HIS SOUL
[From the same]
Animula vagula blandula,
Hospes comesque corporis,
Quae nunc abibis in loca,
Pallidula rigida nudula;
Nec, ut soles, dabis jocos?
Thou sprite! so charming, uncontrolled,
Guest and companion of my clay,
Into what places wilt thou stray,
When thou art naked, pale, and cold?
Wilt then make merry—as of old?