The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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On Martinia, an old, old, leacherous—
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On Martinia, an old, old, leacherous—
VVhat? canst thou not with an old VVoman bedThou criest?—yes: but thou art not old but dead.
VVe could with Hecuba, or Niobe
Make shift, but then (Martinia!) it must be
Before the one
Into a Bitch be turn'd, t'other to Stone.
| The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) | |