# Epigrammaton Libri 6.15

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 6.15. Latin.

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Dum Phaethontea formica uagatur in umbra,
inplicuit tenuem sucina gutta feram.
Sic modo quae fuerat uita contempta manente,
funeribus facta est nunc pretiosa suis.

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