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CARMINA, 70: FEMALE INCONSTANCY by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS

First Line: MY MISTRESS SAYS SHE'LL MARRY NONE BUT ME
Last Line: LOVERS WE WRITE IN RAPID STREAMS AND WIND.
Subject(s): UNFAITHFULNESS; WOMEN; INFIDELITY; ADULTERY; INCONSTANCY;
MY mistress says she'll marry none but me,
No, not if Jove himself a suitor be.
She says so; but what women say to kind
Lovers we write in rapid streams and wind.



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