Theognis 1191-1194 (tr. Douglas Gerber with his text and apparatus):
I do not crave to lie on a couch fit for a king
when I'm dead; rather, may something good be mine while I'm alive. Thorns are as good a bed for the dead as rugs. It's all the same to him whether the bed is hard or soft.
οὐκ ἔραμαι κλισμῷ βασιληΐῳ ἐγκατακεῖσθαι
τεθνεώς, ἀλλά τί μοι ζῶντι γένοιτ᾿ ἀγαθόν.
ἀσπάθαλοι δὲ τάπησιν ὁμοῖον στρῶμα θανόντι·
τῷ ξυνόν, σκληρὸν γίνεται ἢ μαλακόν.
1194 τὸ ξύλον ἢ codd., corr. West
Apparatus from Douglas Young's Teubner edition:
T. Hudson-Williams ad loc.:
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