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.

[Footnote 14: The hand of Death is said to be unjust or unequal, as

Virgil was considerably older than Tibullus, at his decease.]

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