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EPIGRAM: ON A QUIBBLING SUPPLICANT by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: MARO'S DEAR FRIEND WAS SICK, AND LIKE TO TAKE
Last Line: "OF BUILDING CHURCHES THERE IS LITTLE NEED!"
MARO'S dear friend was sick, and like to take
A trip, untimely, o'er the Stygian lake;
So Maro vowed, if Heaven would kindly spare
His crony's life, in answer to his prayer,
He'd build a church, to show his gratitude.
The friend gets well. Quoth Maro, "I conclude,
Since prayers alone so perfectly succeed,
Of building churches there is little need!"



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