Social Commentaries
Book I: Ad Catonem
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
When thou didst know the merry Feast
Of jocund Flora was at best,
Our solemn sports how loosely free,
And debonair e the vulgar be,
Strict Cato, why didst thou intrude
Into the seated multitude?
Was it thy frolick here alone
Only to enter and be gone?
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Martial. “Book I: Ad Catonem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/0/.
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Martial. “Book I: Ad Catonem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/0/.
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