Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 91 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Sure saviour of our State, the world's glory, Caesar, from whose safety we win belief that the great gods exist, if, so oft read by thee in hurried books, my poems have held thine eyes captive, vouchsafe me in repute what Fortune denies me, that I be deemed the sire of three sons. This, if I have displeased, shall be my solace; this shall be my reward if I have pleased.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 91 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/538/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 91 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/538/.
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