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First Line: Yes, you were loved, sosicrates, when rich; but now in her
Last Line: That 'penniless' and 'loveless' are the same?
Alternate Author Name(s): Markus Argentarios
Subject(s): Love - Materialism; Poverty


YES, you were loved, Sosicrates, when rich; but now in her
Love's dead: the drug of poverty's to blame;
She called you 'dear Adonis' once; she found you very myrrh,
And now she dares to ask you -- 'what's your name,
And whence you come and where you live?' O don't you know, good Sir,
That 'penniless' and 'loveless' are the same?





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