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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD QUINTILIANUM, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Poet's Biography
First Line: O chief director of the growing race
Last Line: Nights filled with slumber, and a quiet life.
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Subject(s): Night; Rome, Italy; Bedtime
First Line: O chief director of the growing race
Last Line: Nights filled with slumber, and a quiet life.
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Subject(s): Night; Rome, Italy; Bedtime
O CHIEF director of the growing race,
Of Rome the glory and of Rome the grace,
Me, O Quintilian, may you not forgive
Before from labour I make haste to live?
Some burn to gather wealth, lay hands on rule,
Or with white statues fill the atrium full.
The talking hearth, the rafters sweet with smoke,
Live fountains and rough grass, my line invoke:
A sturdy slave, not too learned wife,
Nights filled with slumber, and a quiet life.
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