Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 51: In Gaurum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Gaurus approves my wit but slenderly,
Cause I write verse that please for brevity.
But he in twenty volumes drives a trade
Of Priam's warrs. O hee's a mighty blade!
We give an Elegant young pregnant birth,
He makes a dirty Gyant all of earth.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 51: In Gaurum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/210/.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 51: In Gaurum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/210/.
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