Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 14: Epitaphium Paridis
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Thou that beat'st the Flaminian way
Passe not this Noble Tombe but stay,
Here Rome's delight, and Nile's salt treasure,
Art, Graces, Sport, and sweetest Pleasure,
The grief and glory of the Stage,
And all the Cupids of the Age,
And all the
Wenusses lye here
Interr'd in Paris Sepulcher.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 14: Epitaphium Paridis.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/239/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 14: Epitaphium Paridis.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/239/.
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