Carmina, Catullus, Gaius Valerius, creator; Merrill, Elmer Truesdell, 1860-1936, editor
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Elegiac
Subripui tibi, dum ludis, mellite Iuventi,
saviolum dulci dulcius ambrosia.
verum id non impune tuli: namque amplius horam
suffixum in summa me memini esse cruce,
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dum tibi me purgo nec possum fletibus ullis
tantillum vestrae demere saevitiae.
nam simul id factum est, multis diluta labella
guttis abstersisti omnibus articulis,
ne quicquam nostro contractum ex ore maneret,
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tanquam commictae spurca saliva lupae.
praeterea infesto miserum me tradere Amori
non cessasti omnique excruciare modo,
ut mi ex ambrosia mutatum iam fores illud
saviolum tristi tristius elleboro.
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quam quoniam poenam misero proponis amori,
nunquam iam posthac basia subripiam.
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