The hand which struck the servant for the king

DMI number:

27316

Poem Aliases

Martial. Epigrams. Book 1. Epigram 22

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

The hand which struck the servant for the king

Last Line:

And less had done had it not missed its aim

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet

Themes:

Death

Related People

Translated from:

Martial

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]

Page No(s):

p.3

Poem Title:

Ep. XXII.

Attribution:

William Hay [from title page]

Attributed To:

William Hay