PROM THE GREEK OF BION
[Published by Forman, "Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1876.]
I mourn Adonis dead—loveliest Adonis—
Dead, dead Adonis—and the Loves lament.
Bion of Smyrna  was a Greek bucolic poet, who flourished about 100 BC. Most of his work is lost. There remain 17 fragments (preserved in ancient anthologies) and the  Epitaph of Adonis , also known as  Lament for Adonis  (which is preserved in several late medieval manuscripts of bucolic poetry).
Fragment of The Elegy On The Death Of Adonis