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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS BOOKE, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Poet's Biography
First Line: To read my booke the virgin shie
Last Line: And never staine a cheeke for it.
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Variant Title(s): Epigrams, Book Xi, 16: 9-10
Subject(s): Books; Reading
First Line: To read my booke the virgin shie
Last Line: And never staine a cheeke for it.
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Variant Title(s): Epigrams, Book Xi, 16: 9-10
Subject(s): Books; Reading
To read my Booke the Virgin shie
May blush, (while Brutus standeth by:)
But when He's gone, read through what's writ,
And never staine a cheeke for it.
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