Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 74: Ad Theodorem
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Why I nere give my books to thee
Desiring, and beseeching mee,
Dost wonder Theodore? the cause is cleare,
That thine to me may not appeare.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 74: Ad Theodorem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/120/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 74: Ad Theodorem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/120/.
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