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Book XI, Epigram 80 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Baiae, the golden shore of blessed Venus; Baiae, the witching gift of proud Nature! — though in a thousand verses, Flaccus, I were to laud Baiae, yet I shall not laud Baiae as it deserves. But I prefer Martial, Flaccus, to Baiae: to ask for both at once were a presumptuous prayer. Yet if by heaven's bounty this could still be granted, what wealth of joy — Martial and Baiae too!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 80 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1331/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 80 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1331/.
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