On Elphinstnes Translatin Of Martials
on elphinstoranslation of martial's epigrams
o thou whom poetry abhors,
whom prose has turned out of doors,
heard'st thou yon groan?—proceed no further,
'twas laurel'd martial calling murther.
o thou whom poetry abhors,
whom prose has turned out of doors,
heard'st thou yon groan?—proceed no further,
'twas laurel'd martial calling murther.