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