Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 36: Ad Fabullam
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Fabullus when thou dost invite
Three hundred Strangers to my sight,
Dost wonder? and complain? and chide?
When thus unknown accompanied?
Though call'd I doe not forthwith wait on thee?
Me thinks I sup alone, and am not free.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 36: Ad Fabullam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/247/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 36: Ad Fabullam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/247/.
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