| LESBIA MI DICIT SEMPER MALE ... | LESBIA RAILING |
| Catullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus) | tr. Jonathan Swift |
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Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacet umquam de me: Lesbia me dispeream nhisi amat. que signo? quia sunt totidem mea: deprecor illam assidue, uerum dispeream nisi amo. |
Lesbia forever on me rails. To talk of me, she never fails. Now, hang me, but for all her art, I find that I have gained her heart. My proof is this: I plainly see The case is just the same with me; I curse her every hour sincerely, Yet, hang me, but I love her dearly. |