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EPIGRAMS: BOOK I, 1 by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: HE UNTO WHOM THOU ART SO PARTIAL
Last Line: POST-OBITS RARELY REACH A POET.
Subject(s): MARTIAL (40-104); POETRY & POETS;
He unto whom thou art so partial,
Oh, reader! is the well-known Martial,
The Epigrammatist: while living,
Give him the fame thou wouldst be giving;
So shall he hear, and feel, and know it --
Post-obits rarely reach a poet.



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