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EPIGRAM ON ELPHINSTONE'S TRANSLATION OF MARTIAL'S EPIGRAMS by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: O THOU WHOM POETRY ABHORS
Last Line: TWAS LAUREL'D MARTIAL CALLING MURTHER.
Subject(s): ELPHINSTONE, WILLIAM (1431-1514); HATE; TRANSLATING & INTERPRETING;
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.



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