Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On Elphinstone's Translation Of Martial's Epigrams
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On Elphinstone's Translation Of Martial's Epigrams
O Thou whom Poetry abhors,
Whom Prose has turned out of doors,
Heard'st thou yon groan?—proceed no further,
'Twas laurel'd Martial calling murther.
Whom Prose has turned out of doors,
Heard'st thou yon groan?—proceed no further,
'Twas laurel'd Martial calling murther.
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