# Epigrammaton Libri 1.72

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.72. Latin.

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Nostris uersibus esse te poetam,
Fidentine, putas cupisque credi?
Sic dentata sibi uidetur Aegle
emptis ossibus Indicoque cornu;
sic quae nigrior est cadente moro,
cerussata sibi placet Lycoris.
Hac et tu ratione qua poeta es,
caluus cum fueris, eris comatus.

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