# Epigrammaton Libri 5.22

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 5.22. Latin.

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Mane domi nisi te uolui meruitque uidere,
sint mihi, Paule, tuae longius Esquiliae.
Sed Tiburtinae sum proximus accola pilae,
qua uidet anticum rustica Flora Iouem:
alta Suburani uincenda est semita cliui
et numquam sicco sordida saxa gradu,
uixque datur longas mulorum rumpere mandras
quaeque trahi multo marmora fune uides.
Illud adhuc grauius quod te post mille labores,
Paule, negat lasso ianitor esse domi.
Exitus hic operis uani togulaeque madentis:
uix tanti Paulum mane uidere fuit.
Semper inhumanos habet officiosus amicos:
rex, nisi dormieris, non potes esse meus.

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