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Epigram XXII. — To Marcus a Friend on his Lack of Concord with Girls
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
I love one girl who hates me, and again another who loves me I hate. Settle the trouble between us, sweet Venus, if thou canst. "Right easily will I: I will change thy leanings and thy loves; the one shall hate, the other love." "Again I shall suffer the same fate." "Wouldst love them both?" "If both should love me, I would." "Bestow this, Marcus, on thyself: to be beloved, love."
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXII. — To Marcus a Friend on his Lack of Concord with Girls.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/225/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXII. — To Marcus a Friend on his Lack of Concord with Girls.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/225/.
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