Social Commentaries
Book VIII, Epigram 77: Ad Liberum amicum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
(Liber) thy friends sweet care! worthy to bee
Crownd with Rose-buds to all eternitie!
Art wise? still let thy hair with unguents flow!
While flowry garlands compasse in thy brow!
May thy clear glass with falerne wine black prove!
And thy soft bed growe warme with softer love!
A life thus led, though in its youth resign'd,
Is made much longer than it was design'd.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 77: Ad Liberum amicum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/200/.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 77: Ad Liberum amicum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/200/.
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