Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 42: In Pollam
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Cause Polla thou dost strive so fine
With paint to smooth thy wrinckled groin,
Thou daubst thy belly, not thy lips to mee,
And peradventure in simplicitie
The smaller fault lyes open freely still,
That which is hid is thought the greater ill.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 42: In Pollam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/64/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 42: In Pollam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/64/.
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