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126. To Aulus; concerning old Quintius.
Can't Quintius marry, at decrepit years;But Aulus, you must sting him, with your jeers?
Why Epigrams? Epitaphs, best befit,
Old doting Lovers, that have lost their wit.
An Elegie, (in all haste) let him have;
For he hath dig'd already, his own grave.
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