Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 82: Ad Auctum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
My readers and my hearers like my Books,
But a quaint Poet sayes th' are not done cleare:
I care not much for pleasing of the Cooks,
If that my guests affect my slender cheare.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 82: Ad Auctum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/215/.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 82: Ad Auctum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/215/.
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