# Epigrammaton Libri 10.78

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 10.78. Latin.

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Ibis litoreas, Macer, Salonas,
Ibit rara fides amorque recti
Et quae, cum comitem trahit pudorem,
Semper pauperior redit potestas:
Felix auriferae colone terrae,
Rectorem vacuo sinu remittes
Optabisque moras, et exeuntem
Udo Dalmata gaudio sequeris.
Nos Celtas, Macer, et truces Hiberos
Cum desiderio tui petemus.
Sed quaecumque tamen feretur illinc
Piscosi calamo Tagi notata,
Macrum pagina nostra nominabit:
Sic inter veteres legar poetas,
Nec multos mihi praeferas priores,
Uno sed tibi sim minor Catullo.

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