# Epigrammata 8.72

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 8.72. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/8.72

Nondum murice cultus asperoque
Morsu pumicis aridi politus
Arcanum properas sequi, libelle.
Quem pulcherrima iam redire Narbo,
Docti Narbo Paterna Votieni,
Ad leges iubet annuosque fasces:
Votis quod paribus tibi petendum est,
Continget locus ille et hic amicus.
Quam vellem fieri meus libellus!

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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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