Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 32: In Matriniam
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Matrinia asks if I can love
A woman that is old:
And such a one I doe approve,
But thou art dead and cold.
I can embrace old Hecub's itch,
Or Niobe all one;
But not till she's turnd to a bitch,
The other to a stone.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 32: In Matriniam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/62/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 32: In Matriniam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/62/.
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