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EPIGRAMS, BOOK X, 47: A HAPPY LIFE by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: THE THINGS THAT MAKE A LIFE TO PLEASE
Last Line: DEATH NEITHER WISH, NOR FEARE TO SEE

Poem Sources:

FOUR METAPHYSICAL POETS.
  WILLMOTT, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1985)
 
DAPHNE INTO LAUREL; TRANSLATIONS OF CLASSICAL POETRY FROM CHAUCER TOTHE PRESENT.
  STONEMAN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1982)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF VERSE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
  TOMLINSON, CHARLES (ED.)
  (1980)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF CLASSICAL VERSE IN TRANSLATION. EDITED BY ADRIAN POOLE AND JEREMY MAULE.
  POOLE, ADRIAN (ED.)
  (1995)
 



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