# Epigrammaton Libri 4.7

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 4.7. Latin.

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Cur, here quod dederas, hodie, puer Hylle, negasti,
durus tam subito qui modo mitis eras?
Sed iam causaris barbamque annosque pilosque.
O nox quam longa es quae facis una senem!
Quid nos derides? Here qui puer, Hylle, fuisti,
dic nobis, hodie qua ratione uir es?

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