# Epigrammaton Libri 4.22

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 4.22. Latin.

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Primos passa toros et adhuc placanda marito
merserat in nitidos se Cleopatra lacus,
dum fugit amplexus. Sed prodidit unda latentem;
lucebat, totis cum tegeretur aquis:
condita sic puro numerantur lilia uitro,
sic prohibet tenuis gemma latere rosas.
Insilui mersusque uadis luctantia carpsi
basia: perspicuae plus uetuistis aquae.

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