# Epigrammaton Libri 7.47

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 7.47. Latin.

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Doctorum Licini celeberrime Sura uirorum,
cuius prisca grauis lingua reduxit auos,
redderis — heu, quanto fatorum munere! — nobis
gustata Lethes paene remissus aqua.
Perdiderant iam uota metum securaque flebat
tristities lacrimis iamque peractus eras:
non tulit inuidiam taciti reganator Auerni
et ruptas Fatis reddidit ipse colus.
Scis igitur quantas hominum mors falsa querellas
mouerit et frueris posteritate tua.
Viue uelut rapto fugitiuaque gaudia carpe:
perdiderit nullum uita reuersa diem.

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