Jack's father's dead and left him without hope
- DMI number:
- 27388
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Jack's father's dead and left him without hope
- Last Line:
- To make Jack wish his father were alive
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Imitation / translation / paraphrase
- Themes:
- Death, Hopelessness / vanity of life, and Parents and children
- Translated from:
- Martial
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]
- Page No(s):
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- Ep. LXX.
- Attribution:
- William Hay [from title page]
- Attributed To:
- William Hay
Poem Aliases
Martial. Epigrams. Book 4. Epigram 70
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