Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 32: De Imagine M. Antonio ad Caeditianum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
This draught adorn'd with Rose-buds which you see,
Whose Picture is't (Caeditian) ask'st thou mee?
Such was Mark Antoni in his prime years,
When old such was his unchanged look and hairs,
O would that Art his minde and parts could draw,
A fairer portraicture earth never saw!
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 32: De Imagine M. Antonio ad Caeditianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/226/.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 32: De Imagine M. Antonio ad Caeditianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/226/.
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