# Epigrammaton Libri 10.12

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 10.12. Latin.

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Aemiliae gentes et Apollineas Vercellas
Et Phaethontei qui petis arva Padi,
Ne vivam, nisi te, Domiti, dimitto libenter,
Grata licet sine te sit mihi nulla dies:
Sed desiderium tanti est, ut messe vel una
Urbano releves colla perusta iugo.
I precor et totos avida cute combibe soles, —
O quam formosus, dum peregrinus eris!
Et venies albis non cognoscendus amicis
Livebitque tuis pallida turba genis.
Sed via quem dederit, rapiet cito Roma colorem,
Niliaco redeas tu licet ore niger.

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