What trains before what trains behind him ride

DMI number:

27364

Poem Aliases

Martial. Epigrams. Book 2. Epigram 74

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

What trains before what trains behind him ride

Last Line:

You see his mortgage and tis Trapland's train

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Imitation / translation / paraphrase

Themes:

Fame

Related People

Translated from:

Martial

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]

Page No(s):

p.15

Poem Title:

Ep. LXXIV.

Attribution:

William Hay [from title page]

Attributed To:

William Hay