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Poor poet Dogrel's house consumed by fire

DMI number:
27987
Poem Aliases
Martial. Epigrams. Book 11. Epigram 94
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Poor poet Dogrel's house consumed by fire
Last Line:
To burn the house and not the master too
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
Themes:
Disaster, Fate / fortune / providence, and Poetry / literature / writing
Content/Publication
Title:
Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]
Page No(s):
p.90
Poem Title:
Ep. XCIV.
Attribution:
William Hay [from title page]
Attributed To:
William Hay