Te sylvae, teque Antra, puer, deserta ferarum, Incultis obducta thymis ac vite sequaci, Decessisse gemunt; gemitusque reverberat Echo.
"Verses and Translations"
C. S. C.
But the stolid tree-a bloodwood, all bone, toughened by death, a few ruby crystals in sparse Antra all that remained significant of past life-afforded but meagre hospitality to the, soft lead.
"My Tropic Isle"
E J Banfield