Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 101: Ad Flaccum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Flaccus I would not have a Wench so thin
Whose armes my litle Rings can compass in.
Whose buttock bones would shave, and knee prick harsh,
That wears th' Saws in her loyns, Spears in her arss.
Nor would I one that's of a thousand weight,
I'de have some flesh but not all glory fat,
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 101: Ad Flaccum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/264/.
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