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EPIGRAM: 9, 85 by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: WHEN PAULUS FEELS A DRAFT, OR THINKS HE DID
Last Line: I DOUBT HE'S IN PERIL, I WON'T DENY IT, %BUT I KNOW THIS: MY DINNER'S DEAD

Poem Sources:

THE ANTIOCH REVIEW, V50#4, FALL /92.
  (1992)
 



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