Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 68: In Maronem
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Maro you'le give mee nothing while you live
But after death you cry then then you'le give:
If thou art not indeed turn'd arrant Ass,
Thou know'st what I desire to come to pass.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 68: In Maronem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/254/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 68: In Maronem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/254/.
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