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CARMINA: 72 by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS

First Line: THAT ME ALONE YOU LOV'D, YOU ONCE DID SAY
Last Line: ME TO LOVE MORE, YET WISH THEE WELL MUCH LESS?
Subject(s): LOVE – COMPLAINTS;
THAT me alone you lov'd you once did say,
Nor should I to the King of Gods give way.
Then I lov'd thee not as a common dear,
But as a father doth his children cheer.
Now thee I know, more bitterly I smart,
Yet thou to me more light and cheaper art.
What pow'r is this, that such a wrong should press
Me to love more, yet wish thee well much less?



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