Driven across many nations, across many oceans,
I am here, my brother, for this final parting,
to offer at last those gifts which the dead are given
and to speak in vain to your unspeaking ashes,
since bitter fortune forbids you to hear me or answer,
O my wretched brother, so abruptly taken!
But now I must celebrate grief with funeral tributes
offered the dead in the ancient way of the fathers;
accept these presents, wet with my brotherly tears, and
now & forever, my brother, hail & farewell.
Driven Across Many Nations
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Poem topics: farewell, funeral, grief, forever, accept, hear, answer, offer, ancient, speak, bitter, celebrate, final, fortune, I love you, I miss you, brother, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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