# Epigrammata 10.18

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 10.18. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/10.18

Saturnalicio Macrum fraudare tributo
Frustra, Musa, cupis: non licet: ipse petit;
Sollemnesque iocos nec tristia carmina poscit,
Et queritur nugas obticuisse meas.
Mensorum longis sed nunc vacat ille libellis.
Appia, quid facies, si legit ista Macer?

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Martial, Epigrammata, ed. Wilhelm Heraeus, Jacobus Borovskij. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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