Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 22: De eodem
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
O Phoebus and ye sisters nine,
What shall I do with you?
Behold that merry Muse of mine
Her Poet will undoe.
Posthumus late was wont to kisse
With half lips, which I loath,
But now my plague redoubled is,
He kisses me with both.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 22: De eodem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/41/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 22: De eodem.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/41/.
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