Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 2: Ad Lectores
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Sad looks, and rigid Cato's stricter brow,
And course Fabricius Daughter from the plough,
Disguised pride, manners by rule put on,
And what we are not in the dark, begon.
My verses Iô Saturnalia cry,
And (Nerva) under thee 'tis liberty.
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