So very fair and yet so very common
- DMI number:
- 27567
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- So very fair and yet so very common
- Last Line:
- Would you were plainer or a better woman
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Imitation / translation / paraphrase
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts, Beauty, and Women / the female character
- Translated from:
- Martial
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]
- Page No(s):
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- Ep. LIII.
- Attribution:
- William Hay [from title page]
- Attributed To:
- William Hay
Poem Aliases
Martial. Epigrams. Book 8. Epigram 53
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