Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 84: Ad Sabellum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Cause thou dost pen Tetrasticks clean and sweet
And some few pretty disticks with smooth feet,
I praise but not admire:
Tis easie to acquire
Short modest Epigrams that pretty look,
But it is hard and tough to write a book.
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