# Epigrammaton Libri 6.49

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 6.49. Latin.

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Non sum de fragili dolatus ulmo,
nec quae stat rigida supina uena
de ligno mihi quolibet columna est,
sed uiua generata de cupressu:
quae nec saecula centiens peracta
nec longae cariem timet senectae.
Hanc tu, quisquis es o malus,timeto:
nam si uel minimos manu rapaci
hoc de palmite laeseris racemos,
nascetur, licet hoc uelis negare,
inserta tibi ficus a cupressu.

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