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EPIGRAM: ON A SPENDTHRIFT by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: TO YOU, WHILE YET HE LIVED, YOUR FATHER LENT
Last Line: YOU'RE DISINHERITED BY BEING HEIR!
Subject(s): BORROWERS AND LENDERS; SAVING AND THRIFT;
TO you, while yet he lived, your father lent
Two thousand pounds a month -- in folly spent;
Though large the stipend, each succeeding day
Brought fresh demands to melt the sum away.
Now, all his wealth is yours without his care;
You're disinherited by being heir!



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