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Gaius Valerius Catullus

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Lugete, O Veneres Cupidinesque,
Et quantum est hominum venustiorum.
Passer mortuus est meae puellae,
Passer, deliciae meae puellae.
--
Ye Cupids, droop each little head, Nor let your wings with joy be spread: My Lesbia’s favourite bird is dead, Whom dearer than her eyes she loved.
--
III, l. 1-4

 
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