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... yielding heart must move ; I like not him who's lukewarm in his love . Talk not of Athens ! dear would be the cost- Dear all the wealth that Asia's cities boast , If Cynthia's curses waft me from the land The while she tears her cheek ...
... yielding heart must move ; I like not him who's lukewarm in his love . Talk not of Athens ! dear would be the cost- Dear all the wealth that Asia's cities boast , If Cynthia's curses waft me from the land The while she tears her cheek ...
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... to float , While Lucrine's waters rock'd our tiny boat ; Better for thee in Teuthras ' vaulted cave , Thy hands ' quick stroke should cut the yielding wave , Than drink , soft couch'd the quiet beach along , 14 [ BOOK I. PROPERTIUS .
... to float , While Lucrine's waters rock'd our tiny boat ; Better for thee in Teuthras ' vaulted cave , Thy hands ' quick stroke should cut the yielding wave , Than drink , soft couch'd the quiet beach along , 14 [ BOOK I. PROPERTIUS .
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... yield , And at the earliest onset quit the field . Thy victim's anguish thou couldst scorn of yore , Now learn from one the pangs so many bore ; " Tis she will bid thee all thy loves resign , Thou must be true , if thou wouldst make her ...
... yield , And at the earliest onset quit the field . Thy victim's anguish thou couldst scorn of yore , Now learn from one the pangs so many bore ; " Tis she will bid thee all thy loves resign , Thou must be true , if thou wouldst make her ...
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... yields no place to wealth , however great . Whether some blissful night she spends with me , Or days ' whole lengths prolong love's ecstasy ; Then all Pactolus ' wealth , methinks , is mine , And every pearl that decks the Indian brine ...
... yields no place to wealth , however great . Whether some blissful night she spends with me , Or days ' whole lengths prolong love's ecstasy ; Then all Pactolus ' wealth , methinks , is mine , And every pearl that decks the Indian brine ...
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... fast , True thou might be , yet wouldst thou yield at last . Then let us love , till life's short span be run , Time hath its limits , sweet , but love hath none . XX . Hoc pro continuo . AKE this , my 24 [ BOOK I. PROPERTIUS .
... fast , True thou might be , yet wouldst thou yield at last . Then let us love , till life's short span be run , Time hath its limits , sweet , but love hath none . XX . Hoc pro continuo . AKE this , my 24 [ BOOK I. PROPERTIUS .
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