Richard Lovelace Poems

IN RUFUM. CATUL. EP. 64.

Noli admirari, quare tibi foemina nulla,
Rufe, velit tenerum supposuisse femur;
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SANAZARI HEXASTICON.

Viderat Adriacis quondam Neptunus in undis
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IN LESBIAM CAT. EP. 76.

Huc est mens deducta tua, mea Lesbia, culpa,
Atque ita se officio perdidit ipsa suo.
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I.

Forbear, thou great good husband, little ant;
A little respite from thy flood of sweat!
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PENTADII.

Non est, fulleris, haec beata non est
Quod vos creditis esse, vita non est:
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CATUL. EP. 71.

DE INCONSTANTIA FOEMINEI AMORIS.

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L. Sing, Laura, sing, whilst silent are the sphears,
And all the eyes of Heaven are turn'd to ears.

V. Touch thy dead wood, and make each living tree
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DE PUERO ET PRAECONE. CATUL.

Cum puero bello praeconem qui videt esse,
Quid credat, nisi se vendere discupere?
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DE SCAEVOLA.

Lictorem pro rege necans nunc mutius ultro
Sacrifico propriam concremat igne manum:
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Amarantha sweet and fair
Ah braid no more that shining hair!
As my curious hand or eye
Hovering round thee let it fly.
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