Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 78: In Warum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Warus did lately me to supper call,
The furniture was rich, the Feast but small:
The Table's spread with plate, not meat: they put
Much to accost the eyes, nought for the gut.
We came to feast our bellies, not our eyes:
Pray take away your gold, give us some Pyes.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 78: In Warum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/96/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 78: In Warum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/96/.
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