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IMITATION OF TIBULLUS.

SULPICIA AD CERINTHUM (LIB. QUART.).

Cruel Cerinthus! does the fell disease^[1]
Which racks my breast your fickle bosom please?
Alas! I wish'd but to o'ercome the pain,
That I might live for Love and you again;
But, now, I scarcely shall bewail my fate:
By Death alone I can avoid your hate.

TRANSLATION FROM CATULLUS.

LUGETE VENERES CUPIDINESQUE (CARM. III.).^[2]

Ye Cupids, droop each little head,
Nor let your wings with joy be spread,
My Lesbia's favourite bird is dead,
⁠Whom dearer than her eyes she lov'd:^[3]
For he was gentle, and so true,
Obedient to her call he flew,
No fear, no wild alarm he knew,
⁠But lightly o'er her bosom mov'd:

1. —— does this fell disease.—[4to. P. on V. Occasions.]
2. Luctus De Morte Passeris.—[4to. P. on V. Occasions.]
3. Which dearer.—[4to]