The porter's joke the chairman's low conceit

DMI number:

27668

Poem Aliases

Martial. Epigrams. Book 10. Epigram 3

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

The porter's joke the chairman's low conceit

Last Line:

Cannot I hold my tongue and die unknown

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Imitation / translation / paraphrase

Themes:

Poetry / literature / writing

Related People

Translated from:

Martial

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]

Page No(s):

p.70

Poem Title:

Ep. III.

Attribution:

William Hay [from title page]

Attributed To:

William Hay