Carmina

Catullus

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.

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  2. Loves her many a youth and longs for her many a maiden:
  3. Yet from her lissome stalk when cropt that flower deflowered,
  4. Loves her never a youth nor longs for her ever a maiden:
  5. Thus while the virgin be whole, such while she's the dearling of kinsfolk;