Carmina, Catullus, Gaius Valerius, creator; Merrill, Elmer Truesdell, 1860-1936, editor
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Phalaecean
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Acmen Septimius suos amores
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tenens in gremio “mea,” inquit, “Acme,
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ni te perdite amo atque amare porro
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omnes sum adsidue paratus annos
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quantum qui pote plurimum perire,
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solus in Libya Indiaque tosta
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caesio veniam obvius leoni.”
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hoc ut dixit, Amor, sinistra ut ante,
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dextra sternuit adprobationem.
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at Acme leviter caput reflectens
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et dulcis pueri ebrios ocellos
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illo purpureo ore saviata
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“sic,” inquit, “mea vita, Septimille,
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huic uni domino usque serviamus,
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ut multo mihi maior acriorque
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ignis mollibus ardet in medullis.”
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hoc ut dixit, Arnor, sinistra ut ante,
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dextra sternuit adprobationem.
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nunc ab auspicio bono profecti
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mutuis animis amant amantur.
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unam Septimius misellus Acmen
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mavult quam Syrias Britanniasque:
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uno in Septimio fidelis Acme
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facit delicias libidinesque.
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quis ullos homines beatiores
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vidit, quis Venerem auspicatiorem?
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