6 MARCH 1909, Page 16

[To THR EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.."]

SIR,—Tbe following is a translation from Martial by Leigh Hunt

"Underneath this greedy stone

Lies little sweet Erotion : Whom the Fates, with hearts as cold, Nipped away at six years old. Thou, whoever thou may'st be That halt this small field after me, Lot the yearly rites be paid To her little slender shade; So shall no disease or jar Hurt thy house or chill thy Lar; But this tomb here be alone The only melancholy stone."

—I am, Sir, &c., The Bank House, Kirkby Lonsdale. R. PALMER.