Why to a homely cottage I retire
- DMI number:
- 28259
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Why to a homely cottage I retire
- Last Line:
- To pass in country cot the night in quiet
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Poverty and Retirement
- Title:
- Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]
- Page No(s):
- pp.101-102
- Poem Title:
- Ep. LVII.
- Attribution:
- William Hay [from title page]
- Attributed To:
- William Hay
Poem Aliases
Martial. Epigrams. Book 12. Epigram 57
Content/Publication