I praise your doggerel verse believe your lie
- DMI number:
- 28009
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- I praise your doggerel verse believe your lie
- Last Line:
- You promise much but one more wish have I
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Poetry / literature / writing, and Scatological humour / bodily functions
- Title:
- Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]
- Page No(s):
- p.99
- Poem Title:
- Ep. XL.
- Attribution:
- William Hay [from title page]
- Attributed To:
- William Hay
Poem Aliases
Martial. Epigrams. Book 12. Epigram 40
Content/Publication