Social Commentaries
Shorter Poems 10: Of Beaver’s Overcoat
Translated by Maurice Platnauer (1922) · From Shorter Poems
Social Commentaries
’Tis but the shadow of a name that is left. I cannot call it a coat of beaver, not though Beaver swear it is one. It cost six shillings. Now you know what it is like. If you don’t believe me, believe the price.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 10: Of Beaver’s Overcoat.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/37/.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 10: Of Beaver’s Overcoat.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/37/.
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