Today i say final farewell...its our traditional farewell memorial dinner for the departed soul....age old tradition.... the fortieth day of mourning <br /> <br />The rocky shore extended to the sea. <br />The town of Camarine from far we see, <br />And fenny lake, undrain'd by fate's decree. <br />In sight of the Geloan fields we pass, <br />And the large walls, where mighty Gela was; <br />Then Agragas, with lofty summits crown'd, <br />Long for the race of warlike steeds renown'd. <br />We pass'd Selinus, and the palmy land, <br />And widely shun the Lilybaean strand, <br />Unsafe, for secret rocks and moving sand. <br />At length on shore the weary fleet arriv'd, <br />Which Drepanum's unhappy port receiv'd. <br />Here, after endless labors, often toss'd <br />By raging storms, and driv'n on ev'ry coast, <br />My dear, dear father, spent with age, I lost: <br />Ease of my cares, and solace of my pain, <br />Sav'd thro' a thousand toils, but sav'd in vain <br />The prophet, who my future woes reveal'd, <br />Yet this, the greatest and the worst, conceal'd; <br />And dire Celaeno, whose foreboding skill <br />Denounc'd all else, was silent of the ill. <br />This my last labor was. Some friendly god <br />From thence convey'd us to your blest abode.' <br /> <br />Book 3 <br />Aeneid <br />Virgil<br /><br />saadat tahir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/good-bye-dad/
