An ensign's post you ask and that's denied
- DMI number:
- 27976
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- An ensign's post you ask and that's denied
- Last Line:
- Ask for a colonel's less will hurt your pride
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Trades / labour and Virtue / vice[pride]
- Title:
- Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]
- Page No(s):
- p.88
- Poem Title:
- Ep. LXIX.
- Attribution:
- William Hay [from title page]
- Attributed To:
- William Hay
Poem Aliases
Martial. Epigrams. Book 11. Epigram 69
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