Translation of J.W. Mackail.
THE YOUNG WIFE
Julianus Ægyptius (532 A.D.)
In season the bride-chamber held thee, out of season the grave took thee, O Anastasia, flower of the blithe Graces; for thee a father, for thee a husband pours bitter tears; for thee haply even the ferryman of the dead weeps; for not a whole year didst thou accomplish beside thine husband, but at sixteen years old, alas! the tomb holds thee.
Translation of J.W. Mackail.