Social Commentaries
Book VIII, Epigram 24: Ad Caesarem Domitianum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
If I in fear chance to petition thee,
If I'me not impudent, vouchsafe it mee.
If thou'lt not grant, daign to be askd in love,
Incense and Prayers ne're offended Jove.
'He that an Image frames in gold or stone,
'Makes not a god, he that kneels, makes it one.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 24: Ad Caesarem Domitianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/186/.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 24: Ad Caesarem Domitianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/186/.
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