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... 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 mine , so tender or so true . Too bless'd was I : is then some God my BOOK I. ] 15 PROPERTIUS .
... 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 mine , so tender or so true . Too bless'd was I : is then some God my BOOK I. ] 15 PROPERTIUS .
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... resign , Thou must be true , if thou wouldst make her thine . * * * * * " Tis she has stemm'd the current of thy pride , Love makes thee hers and binds thee to her side . 14 No wonder , she's well - nigh as Leda 16 [ BOOK I. PROPERTIUS .
... resign , Thou must be true , if thou wouldst make her thine . * * * * * " Tis she has stemm'd the current of thy pride , Love makes thee hers and binds thee to her side . 14 No wonder , she's well - nigh as Leda 16 [ BOOK I. PROPERTIUS .
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... 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 75 24 [ BOOK I. PROPERTIUS .
... 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 75 24 [ BOOK I. PROPERTIUS .
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... true heart to bondage for a year ; No greed of lucre fired his heart , but she Whom fate ordain'd his future bride to be . IV . Multa prius domina . THE bitter tale , my friend , thou hast to prove Of prayers unheeded , and rejected ...
... true heart to bondage for a year ; No greed of lucre fired his heart , but she Whom fate ordain'd his future bride to be . IV . Multa prius domina . THE bitter tale , my friend , thou hast to prove Of prayers unheeded , and rejected ...
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... For twice ten years be true , though thousands woo'd ; The treacherous web each suitor's hopes would stay , And night undid the labours of the day . Though hope itself be gone , Ulysses dead , Yet BOOK II . ] 39 PROPERTIUS .
... For twice ten years be true , though thousands woo'd ; The treacherous web each suitor's hopes would stay , And night undid the labours of the day . Though hope itself be gone , Ulysses dead , Yet BOOK II . ] 39 PROPERTIUS .
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