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Carmina, Catullus, Gaius Valerius, creator; Merrill, Elmer Truesdell, 1860-1936, editor
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Irregular Phalaecean
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Oramus, si forte non molestum est,
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demonstres ubi sint tuae tenebrae.
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te campo quaesivimus minore,
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te in circo, te in omnibus libellis,
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te in templo summi Iovis sacrato.
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in Magni simul ambulatione
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femellas omnes, amice, prendi,
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quas vultu vidi tamen serenas.
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† A velte sic ipse flagitabam:
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“camerium mihi, pessimae puellae!”
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quaedam inquit nudum † reduc †
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“en hic in roseis latet papillis.”
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sed te iam ferre Herculi labos est:
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tanto ten fastu negas, amice?
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dic nobis ubi sis futurus, ede
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audacter, committe, crede luci.
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nunc te lacteolae tenent puellae?
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si linguam clauso tenes in ore,
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fructus proicies amoris omnes:
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verbosa gaudet Venus loquella.
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vel vi vis, licet obseres palatum,
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dum veri sis particeps amoris.
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