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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DE COENATIONE MICAE, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Poet's Biography
First Line: Look round. You see a little supper room
Last Line: Bid you be merry and remember death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Subject(s): Caesar, Julius (100-44 B.c.); Death; Dead, The
First Line: Look round. You see a little supper room
Last Line: Bid you be merry and remember death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Subject(s): Caesar, Julius (100-44 B.c.); Death; Dead, The
LOOK round: You see a little supper room;
But from my window, lo! great Caesar's tomb!
And the great dead themselves, with jovial breath
Bid you be merry and remember death.
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