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Epigram LXV. — On Lais dedicating her Mirror to Venus
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
I, Lais, grown old, to Venus dedicate my mirror: let eternal beauty have the eternal service which befits it. But for me there is no profit in this, for to behold myself such as I am I would not, such as I was I cannot.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXV. — On Lais dedicating her Mirror to Venus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/267/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXV. — On Lais dedicating her Mirror to Venus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/267/.
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