Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 52: Epitaphium Pantgathi
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Here lyes interrd cropt in his youthful years
Pantagathus, his Masters joy, and tears.
Learnd with a flying touch to trim loose hairs.
And shave the brisly cheek that roughly stares,
O earth lye pleasing! and light on him stand,
Thou canst not be more light then was his hand.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 52: Epitaphium Pantgathi.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/142/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 52: Epitaphium Pantgathi.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/142/.
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