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Martial lib. 10. Ep. 5.
In Maledicum Poëtæm.
VVho e'r vile slighter of the State, in moreVile verse, hath libell'd those he should adore,
May he quite banish'd from the Bridge and Hill
Walk through the Streets, and 'mongst hoarse Beggars still
Reserved to the last even then entreat
Those mouldy harder Crusts that Dogs won't eat.
A long and wet December, nay, what's more,
Stewes shut against him, keep him cold and poor.
May he proclame those blest, and wish he were
One of the happy Ones, upon the Beer;
And when his slow houre Comes, whiles yet alive,
May he perceive Dogs for his Carcass strive;
And moving's rags fright eager Birds away:
Nor let his single torments in death stay;
But deep Gash'd now by Æacus whips, anon
Task'd with the restless Sisyphus his stone,
Then 'mongst the old blabbers waters standing dry;
Weary all Fables, tire all Poetry,
And when a Fury bids him on truth hit,
Conscience betraying him, cry out I writ.
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