Martial, : the twelve books of Epigrams,.

BOOK TWELVE

XV
DOMITIAN'S PALACE OPENED
SEE, given to the gods, before our eyes
The glittering gems a Nero used to prize,
And Jupiter doth marvel to behold
The emerald's lambent flame upon the gold,
The costly gauds that for a tyrant's whim
A ruined world must buy and give to him,
The jewelled goblets fit to grace the board
Where Ganymede doth serve Olympus' lord;
Trajan enriches Jupiter, and we
Henceforth may live from dread exactions free,
That erst had robbed and burdened every home
And-shame upon it-spoiled the shrines of Rome!
XVI
ADDIXTI, Labiene, tres agellos;
Emisti, Labiene, tres cinaedos.
Pedicas, Labiene, tres agellos.
XVII
THE RICH INVALID
FEVER abides with you too long, you say;
That guest, whose lengthy visits you deplore,
Loves drives, luxurious bathing day by day,
And for his dinner, mushrooms, oysters, boar;
Loves getting drunk-and you have ample store
Of wines, and always iced!-he loves display
Of rose-wreaths, essences, and hangings gay,
And downy beds like yours he doth adore;
So, Dives, if you choose to treat him thus,
Why should he leave to live with Lazarus?
XVIII
TO JUVENAL, ON THE PLEASURES OF SPAIN
AH, friend, while you are trudging still
The noisy streets as heretofore,
Or toiling up Diana's hill,
Or waiting at a patron's door,
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