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EPIGRAM: ON A MISER by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: IF IT BE TRUE, AS GRAVE HISTORIANS SAY
Last Line: DEATH BY STARVATION YOU'VE NO CAUSE TO FEAR!
Subject(s): FOOD & EATING; MISERS;

IF it be true, as grave historians say,
That, just by sipping poison every day,
King Mithridates grew at last to be
Quite poison-proof, 't is plain enough to see
Your style of dining makes it mighty clear
Death by starvation you've no cause to fear!



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