Social Commentaries
Ad Pollionem
From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)
Social Commentaries
You promise mountains still to me,
When over-night stark drunk you be;
But nothing you perform next day:
Henceforth be morning drunk, I pray.
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Codex Note
Translated from Martial.
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Davison, Francis. “Ad Pollionem.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/31/.
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Davison, Francis. “Ad Pollionem.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/31/.
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