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Page 11
... Rome ; Apart from me she knows no bliss , no home . Sweeter to her to be the poor man's bride , - Be I still hers , then perish all beside ! — Than the rich dowry Pelops won of yore , With all the wealth th ' Elean horses bore . Rich be ...
... Rome ; Apart from me she knows no bliss , no home . Sweeter to her to be the poor man's bride , - Be I still hers , then perish all beside ! — Than the rich dowry Pelops won of yore , With all the wealth th ' Elean horses bore . Rich be ...
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... Rome ? My love from me as many leagues divide As Hypanis is far from Padus ' tide . No more fond Cynthia's love my bosom cheers , No more her name sounds sweetly in my ears . Yet once I pleased her well , but ah ! how few Had love like ...
... Rome ? My love from me as many leagues divide As Hypanis is far from Padus ' tide . No more fond Cynthia's love my bosom cheers , No more her name sounds sweetly in my ears . Yet once I pleased her well , but ah ! how few Had love like ...
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... Rome ; Or kings in golden fetters , and a fleet Of Actian prows , that throng'd the Sacred Street , Yet would each theme to thee fresh glory yield , As faithful in the senate as the field . No truer love than thine in weal or woe Can ...
... Rome ; Or kings in golden fetters , and a fleet Of Actian prows , that throng'd the Sacred Street , Yet would each theme to thee fresh glory yield , As faithful in the senate as the field . No truer love than thine in weal or woe Can ...
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... trumpet notes , The pipe's gay music round thy pillow floats . It little boots that sons of mine should come To carry steel , or swell the ranks of Rome ; Yet , should I follow Cynthia to the field , BOOK II . ] 37 PROPERTIUS .
... trumpet notes , The pipe's gay music round thy pillow floats . It little boots that sons of mine should come To carry steel , or swell the ranks of Rome ; Yet , should I follow Cynthia to the field , BOOK II . ] 37 PROPERTIUS .
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... Rome's great chief a warlike theme shall yield . Courage in weighty works must power supply , And praise be mine that I've the will to try . Love sways the young , and war the old man's song : Be camps my theme , of love I've sung too ...
... Rome's great chief a warlike theme shall yield . Courage in weighty works must power supply , And praise be mine that I've the will to try . Love sways the young , and war the old man's song : Be camps my theme , of love I've sung too ...
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