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EPIGRAM: 8, 14. MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: THAT YOUR TREES MAY BE BOLD
Last Line: WHY, THE NEXT TIME, I'LL VISIT YOUR TREES

Poem Sources:

ROMAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION.
  HOWE, GEORGE, & HARRER, GUSTAVE ADOLPHUS (EDS.)
  (1959)
 



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