martial - epigram

de cathedra quotiens surgis - iam saepe notavi -
pedicant miserae, Lesbia, te tunicae.
quas cum conata es dextra, conata sinistra
vellere, cun lacrimis eximis et gemitu:
sic constringuntur magni Symplegade culi
et nimias intrant Cyaneasque natis.
Emendare cupis vitium deforme? decebo:
Lesbia, nec surgas censeo nec sedeas.

Marcus Valerius Martialis

 

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