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The Idylliums of Theocritus

Translated from the Greek. With notes critical and explanatory. By Francis Fawkes

Fawkes, Francis (1720-1777)

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XXI. Epitaph on the Poet Hipponax.

Old Hipponax the satirist lies here;
If thou'rt a worthless wretch, approach not near:
But if well bred, and from all evil pure,
Repose with confidence, and sleep secure.