Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 17: In Gelliam
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Whiles Gellia cryd up her Fore-fathers House,
And our low Knight-hood valued not a lowse,
While's she denied all under the Broad Key,
A Basket-bearer swept her quite away.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 17: In Gelliam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/103/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 17: In Gelliam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/103/.
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