Tis a strange thing but tis a thing well known
- DMI number:
- 27476
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Tis a strange thing but tis a thing well known
- Last Line:
- Or else two branches more had graced your table
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Imitation / translation / paraphrase
- Themes:
- Parents and children
- Translated from:
- Martial
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- William Hay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- See Sullivan, Martial: The Unexpected Classic (Cambridge, 2005), p. 197.
- Title:
- Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]
- Page No(s):
- pp.37-38
- Poem Title:
- XXXIX.
- Attribution:
- William Hay [from title page]
- Attributed To:
- William Hay
Poem Aliases
Martial. Epigrams. Book 6. Epigram 39
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