Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 58: Ad Flaccum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
My Flaccus, if thou needs wouldest crave
What wench I would, and would not have?
I loath the too too easy field
A like with her that nere will yield.
A moderation I embrace,
And most approve the middle place,
I fancy none that wring my gutts,
Nor her that in enjoying gluts.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 58: Ad Flaccum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/20/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 58: Ad Flaccum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/20/.
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