Translation of the Epitaph on Virgil and Tibullus, by Domitius Marsus
He who sublime in epic numbers roll’d,
And he who struck the softer lyre of love,
By Death’s 14 unequal hand alike controul’d,
Fit comrades in Elysian regions move.
Notes
14 The hand of Death is said to be unjust or unequal, as Virgil was considerably older than Tibullus, at his decease.