Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 82: De Spadone & Sene
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
An Eunuch and an old man strove to lye
With Aegle, but twixt both she still lay dry,
One wanted meanes the other strength to frig,
So either's labor itbh'd without a Jig.
To
Wenus then for them and her shee groans,
To give the one his youth, th' other his stones.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 82: De Spadone & Sene.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/258/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 82: De Spadone & Sene.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/258/.
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