You come away flies every mother's son

DMI number:

27371

Poem Aliases

Martial. Epigrams. Book 3. Epigram 44

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

You come away flies every mother's son

Last Line:

And by your verse we lose your probity

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Imitation / translation / paraphrase

Themes:

Dunces and Poetry / literature / writing

Related People

Translated from:

Martial

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]

Page No(s):

pp.18-19

Poem Title:

Ep. XLIV.

Attribution:

William Hay [from title page]

Attributed To:

William Hay