Living
Epigram XXXIX. — How highly the Poet's Wife thought of him
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
Of Lais and Glycera, ladies of naughty fame, whene'er my wife read in my verse, she said I did but play and feign strange loves in jest. Such is her confidence in my integrity.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXXIX. — How highly the Poet's Wife thought of him.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/242/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXXIX. — How highly the Poet's Wife thought of him.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/242/.
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