Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 32: De Ape electro inclusa
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Shining and yet shut up in th' amber drop,
The Bee as clos'd in its own waxe did lye,
Of all her labours reaping this the crop:
It's credible she fancied thus to dye.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 32: De Ape electro inclusa.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/88/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 32: De Ape electro inclusa.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/88/.
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