Social Commentaries
To All Poor Scholars
From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)
Social Commentaries
Fail ye of wealth, of wealth ye still will fail,
None but fat sows are now greased in the tail.
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Codex Note
Translated from Martial.
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Davison, Francis. “To All Poor Scholars.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/27/.
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Davison, Francis. “To All Poor Scholars.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/27/.
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