# Epigrammaton Libri 10.18

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 10.18. Latin.

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Saturnalicio Macrum fraudare tributo
Frustra, Musa, cupis: non licet: ipse petit;
Sollemnesque iocos nec tristia carmina poscit,
Et queritur nugas obticuisse meas.
Mensorum longis sed nunc vacat ille libellis.
Appia, quid facies, si legit ista Macer?

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