Forever Dead
by: Sappho (c. 610-570 B.C.)
translated by William Ellery Leonard
Death shall be death forever unto thee,
Lady, with no remembrance of thy name
Then or thereafter; for thou gatherest not
The roses of Pieria, loving gold
Above the Muses, Even in Hades' House
Wander thou shalt unmarked, flitting forlorn
Among the shadowy, averted dead.
