Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 34: De Gellia
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Gellia nere mourns her fathers losse
Whiles no one's by to see,
But yet her soon commanded tears
Flow in societie:
'To weep for praise is but a feigned moan,
'He grieves most truly that does grieve alone
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 34: De Gellia.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/12/.
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