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LAIS' MIRROR by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS

First Line: VENUS, TAKE MY VOTIVE GLASS
Last Line: VENUS, LET ME NEVER SEE.
Subject(s): MIRRORS; OLD AGE;

Venus, take my votive glass,
Since I am not what I was;
What from this day I shall be,
Venus, let me never see.



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