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The Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus

with the Elegies of Tyrtaeus, Translated from the Greek into English Verse. To which are Added, Dissertations and Notes. By the Rev. Richard Polwhele
  

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XVIII. EPITAPH on CLITA,

the Nurse of MEDEUS.

This Tomb-Stone in the public Way
Medeus rear'd o'er Clita's Clay!
Her Care still lives before our Eyes,
Whilst, in the Boy, the Nurse we prize!