Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 60 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
My Rome praises, loves, and hums my verses, and every pocket, every hand holds me. See, yonder fellow turns red, turns pale, is dazed, yawns, curses! That is what I want; now my verses please me!
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 60 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/859/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 60 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/859/.
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