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CARMINA: 75 by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS

First Line: NONE COULD EVER SAY THAT SHE
Last Line: LESBIA! I MUST LOVE YOU STILL.
Subject(s): PASSION;
None could ever say that she,
Lesbia! was so loved by me.
Never all the world around
Faith so true as mine was found.
If no longer it endures
(Would it did!) the fault is yours.
I can never think again
Well of you: I try in vain.
But . . . be false . . . do what you will. --
Lesbia! I must love you still.





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