# Epigrammaton Libri 4.18

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 4.18. Latin.

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Qua uicina pluit Vipsanis porta columnis
et madet adsiduo lubricus imbre lapis,
in iugulum pueri, qui roscida tecta subibat,
decidit hiberno praegrauis unda gelu:
cumque peregisset miseri crudelia fata,
tabuit in calido uolnere mucro tener.
Quid non saeua sibi uoluit Fortuna licere?
Aut ubi non mors est, si iugulatis aquae?

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