163. On Elphinstone's Translation of Martial's Epigrams
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163. On Elphinstone's Translation of Martial's Epigrams by Robert Burns
O THOU whom Poetry abhors,
Whom Prose has turnèd out of doors,
Heard’st thou yon groan?—proceed no further,
’Twas laurel’d Martial calling murther.
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