Social Commentaries
Book VIII, Epigram 40: Ad Priapum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
No Guardian of a Garden, or vine bud,
But (my Priapus) of a mighty wood,
From whence th'art born, and again born mayst bee,
I charge thee keep all thievish hands from me.
Preserve thy Masters grove for firing too,
For if that faile, we shall finde wood in you.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 40: Ad Priapum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/190/.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 40: Ad Priapum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/190/.
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