Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 2: Ad Lectorem
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
This whom thou readst is he by thee required,
Martiall, through all the world fam'd and desired,
For sharpest Books of Epigrams, on whom
(Ingenious Reader) living, without Tombe,
Thou hast bestow'd that high and glorious wreath,
Which seldome Poets after death receive.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 2: Ad Lectorem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1/.
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