Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 53: Ad Chloën
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
I could not freely want thine eyes,
Thy praised neck, and hands, and thighs,
Thy paps, thy giblets, and thy hips,
And least I should quite tyre my lips
Thy several parts to minde to call
Chloë in short I'de want thee all.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 53: Ad Chloën.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/68/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 53: Ad Chloën.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/68/.
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