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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: ON CHEAP PURCHASING, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Poet's Biography First Line: See here!' cries bassus, in a brand-new coat Last Line: "of buying mighty cheap -- who never pays!" Alternate Author Name(s): Martial Subject(s): Saving And Thrift | |||
"SEE here!" cries Bassus, in a brandnew coat, Worth, at the least, a fifty-dollar note; "I got it at a bargain. Please to guess How much it cost. A hundred? Vastly less! There's not one man in twenty who can buy A coat or hat one half so cheap as I." "That's true," quoth Tom; "his surely is the praise Of buying mighty cheap -- who never pays!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPIGRAM: ON A SPENDTHRIFT by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS: 19TH PRECEPT by THOMAS RANDOLPH IN TIME OF PLENTY by ANNA SPENCER TWITCHELL ON THE NOTORIOUS SPENDTHRIFT SIR ANDREW NOEL, OF BROOKE by ELIZABETH I MAGNUM VECTIGAL PARSIMONIA by GEORGE GASCOIGNE JOBS AND MONEY by MARIE HARRIS DOCTOR FELL by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS |
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