O Thou whom Poetry abhors,Whom Prose has turned out of doors,Heard’st thou yon groan?—proceed no further,’Twas laurel’d Martial calling murther.
1787 · Poem
On Elphinstone’s Translation of Martial’s Epigrams
- Year
- 1787
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Edinburgh
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns