# Epigrammaton Libri 7.96

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 7.96. Latin.

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Conditus hic ego sum Bassi dolor, Vrbicus infans,
cui genus et nomen maxima Roma dedit.
Sex mihi de prima derant trieteride menses,
ruperunt tetricae cum male pensa deae.
Quid species, quid lingua mihi, quid profuit aetas?
da lacrimas tumulo, qui legis ista, meo:
sic ad Lethaeas, nisi Nestore serior, undas
non eat, optabis quem superesse tibi.

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