Poems by Callimachus

Poems by Callimachus

An Empty Tomb, by Callimachus

Had never vessel cross'd the main,
Our present grief had been in vain;
But we for Sopolis mus...

Embrace Me Not, by Callimachus

By mighty Pan and Bacchus' greater name,
Beneath these embers lurks a spreading flame.
Embrace...

The Death of Melanippus, by Callimachus

This morning we beheld with streaming eyes
The flames from Melanippus' body rise;
At eve, fai...

The Death of Lycus, by Callimachus

Not on the land could Lycus die,
Nor in his native Naxos lie,
But on the main by tempest tost...

The Death of Heraclitus, by Callimachus

I hear, O friend, the fatal news
Of Heraclitus death.
A sudden tear my cheek bedews,
And si...

Crethis the Witty, by Callimachus

The Samian virgins us'd often to play
With Crethis the witty, the pleasant and gay,
But now, ...

The Brightest Beauty of the Plain, by Callimachus

Fond Callignotus sigh'd and swore,
'Tis Violante I adore,
The brightest beauty on the plain, ...

A Blessed Life, by Callimachus

Whoe'er shall to this tomb draw nigh,
Behold, in death, a priestess lie;
I sacred Ceres fir...