Less by his birth than by his merit known
- DMI number:
- 27462
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Less by his birth than by his merit known
- Last Line:
- Worth is short lived then nothing hold too dear
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Imitation / translation / paraphrase
- Themes:
- Hopelessness / vanity of life and Virtue / vice
- Translated from:
- Martial
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]
- Page No(s):
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- Ep. XXVIII. XXIX.
- Attribution:
- William Hay [from title page]
- Attributed To:
- William Hay
Poem Aliases
Martial. Epigrams. Book 6. Epigrams 28 and 29
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