# Epigrammaton Libri 5.4

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 5.4. Latin.

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Fetere multo Myrtale solet uino,
sed fallat ut nos, folia deuorat lauri
merumque cauta fronde, non aqua, miscet.
Hanc tu rubentem prominentibus uenis
quotiens uenire, Paule, uideris contra,
dicas licebit "Myrtale bibit laurum."

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