Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 16 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Thou who with thy appurtenance scarest men, and, with thy sickle, rascals, guard these few acres of secluded ground. So may no hoary thieves enter thy orchard; only a boy or a fair girl with flowing locks!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 16 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/819/.
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