Vainlove is ill his illness is his bed
- DMI number:
- 27336
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Vainlove is ill his illness is his bed
- Last Line:
- Let him change beds with me and he'll be well
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Illness, injury and Virtue / vice[vanity]
- Translated from:
- Martial
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]
- Page No(s):
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- Ep. XVI.
- Attribution:
- William Hay [from title page]
- Attributed To:
- William Hay
Poem Aliases
Martial. Epigrams. Book 2. Epigram 16
Related People
Content/Publication