Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book 14, epigram 39 (14.39) (AD 84-85) [tr. Whigham (1987)] - Martial | WIST Quotations
To me are bedroom joys revealed, Enjoy at will, my lips are sealed. [Dulcis conscia lectuli lucerna, Quidquid vis facias licet, tacebo.] "A Bedside Lamp [Lucerna cubicularis]". (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: Privy to nocturnal glee; Nought I say, of all I see. [tr. Elphinston (1782), "The Chamber-Lamp," Book 11, ep.…
