Social Commentaries
Book XII, Epigram 60: Ad suum Natalem
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Dear son of Mars, wherein I first did see
Great Phaebus rosie-glittering Dietie.
If Countrey worship, and green Altars may
Displease, cause I at Rome observ'd thy day?
Pardon, if there thy Calends slighted bee,
And on my Birth-day if I would live free.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 60: Ad suum Natalem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/287/.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 60: Ad suum Natalem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/287/.
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