Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 18: Ad Priscum de Salonino
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Salonine lyes interr'd in Spanish ground,
A sweeter shade nere pass'd the Stygian sound.
But it's a sin
To mourn for him.
For since (my Priscus) thou surviving art,
He lives yet in his more beloved part.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 18: Ad Priscum de Salonino.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/128/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 18: Ad Priscum de Salonino.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/128/.
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