Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EPIGRAM: ON A SPENDTHRIFT, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS


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EPIGRAM: ON A SPENDTHRIFT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To you, while yet he lived, your father lent
Last Line: You're disinherited by being heir!
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Subject(s): Borrowers And Lenders; Saving And Thrift


TO you, while yet he lived, your father lent
Two thousand pounds a month -- in folly spent;
Though large the stipend, each succeeding day
Brought fresh demands to melt the sum away.
Now, all his wealth is yours without his care;
You're disinherited by being heir!





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