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the water of a hidden fountain having having drunk water from a hidden

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n. telivers answers.'

Versibus compositis,

!=CENES Composed (at the moment).'

undiguously, in ambiguous language.'

» „ave foretold," from cano, to sing,' because

N UNWRES WURT ÜBuvered in verse.

NERO BLAMES, ETC.

EL NILEmthe evil report' (against Nero)
Formanns, or the emperor.'

40 236 1 was zot believed that the fire,

for the purpose of doing away with

usutured in his piace) as culprits.'

ae procurator."

had been visited with punish

ere terti irst originated.”

nuch... as.'

envicted of hatred,' &c. Conere to the sing, nom. case,

Furze. In usum, for the

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I. EPITAPH ON LESBIA'S PET SPARROW.*

Lugete, O Veneres Cupidinesque,
Et quantum est hominum venustiorum.
Passer mortuus est meæ puellæ,
Passer deliciæ meæ puellæ,

Quem plus illa oculis suis amabat.

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Nam mellitus erat, suamque nôrat
Ipsam tam bene quam puella matrem;
Nec sese e gremio illius movebat,
Sed circumsiliens modo huc, modo illuc,
Ad solam dominam usque pipilabat,
Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum
Illuc unde negant redire uenquam.

At vobis male sit malæ tenebræ
Orci, quæ omnia bella devoratis,
Tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis.
O factum male! O miselle passer!
Tua nunc opera meæ puellæ

Flendo turgiduli rubent ocelli.

* For Metre see Appendix.

CATULLUS III.

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