Epigrams of Martial, Englished with some other pieces, ancient and modern.

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Title: Epigrams of Martial, Englished with some other pieces, ancient and modern.
Author: Martial.
Publication: London :: Printed for Henry Bonwicke ...,; 1695.
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Subject terms: Epigrams, Latin.
Cite this Item: "Epigrams of Martial, Englished with some other pieces, ancient and modern." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52102.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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On Niobe.

WHat now you see a Rock, a Queen was late,
Who, when I prosp'rous was, durt violate
Latonas Sacred Deity and Race,
My self above her, in her Temple place:
Of twice seven Goodly Off-spring being prov'd,
I would by all a Goddess be allow'd.
My num'rous Issu in one hour she slew,
All I brought-forth, I on the Beer did view:
Nor thus appeas'd, (Of Humane shape bereft)
She me incrusted in cold Marble left;
And tho' my Vitals lost, my Grief I keep,
My Childrens death eternally I weep.
Ah, ceasless Rage, which Heavenly Brests retain!
The Mother's dead, and yet her Griefs remain.