# Epigrammaton Libri 1.107

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.107. Latin.

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Saepe mihi dicis, Luci carissime Iuli,
'scribe aliquid magnum: desidiosus homo es.'
Otia da nobis, sed qualia fecerat olim
Maecenas Flacco Vergilioque suo:
condere uicturas temptem per saecula curas
et nomen flammis eripuisse meum.
In steriles nolunt campos iuga ferre iuuenci:
pingue solum lassat, sed iuuat ipse labor.

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