# Epigrammata 7.23

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 7.23. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/7.23

Phoebe, veni, sed quantus eras, cum bella tonanti
Ipse dares Latiae plectra secunda lyrae.
Quid tanta pro luce precer? Tu, Polla, maritum
Saepe colas et se sentiat ille coli.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-latinLit/blob/master/data/phi1294/phi002/phi1294.phi002.perseus-lat2.xml.