Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 37: In Carinum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Medall so fine,
Short breech'd (Carine)
No vain superfluous reliques hast,
Yet itchest from the head to th' wast!
O wretch what pain
Dost thou sustain?
I'have no place for't,
Yet love the sport?
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 37: In Carinum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/137/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 37: In Carinum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/137/.
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