Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 101: De Milone
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Milo is not at home, but travell'd out,
His fields ly barren, but his wife doth sprout:
But why's his land so bare? his wife so full?
His land has none, his wife has many a pull.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 101: De Milone.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/177/.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 101: De Milone.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/177/.
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