Social Commentaries
On Elphinstone’s Translation Of Martial’s Epigrams
From Poems and Songs, 1787
Social Commentaries
O Thou whom Poetry abhors,
Whom Prose has turned out of doors,
Heard’st thou yon groan?—proceed no further,
’Twas laurel’d Martial calling murther.
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Burns, Robert. “On Elphinstone’s Translation Of Martial’s Epigrams.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/161/.
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Burns, Robert. “On Elphinstone’s Translation Of Martial’s Epigrams.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/161/.
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