Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 12: In Posthumum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
What's this that myrrh doth still smel in thy kisse's,
And that with thee no other odour is?
Tis doubt (my Posthumus) he that doth smel
So sweetly alwayes, smels not very well.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 12: In Posthumum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/38/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 12: In Posthumum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/38/.
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