# Epigrammaton Libri 4.59

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 4.59. Latin.

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Flentibus Heliadum ramis dum uipera repit,
fluxit in obstantem sucina gemma feram:
quae dum miratur pingui se rore teneri,
concreto reguit uincta repente gelu.
Ne tibi regali placeas, Cleopatra, sepulcro,
uipera si tumulo nobiliore iacet.

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