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Epigram LXXXVIII. — To Crispa, said by some to be deformed
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Some say that thou art deformed, Crispa: that I know not: for me thou art fair, 'tis enough since I am judge. Nay more, I long — for jealousy is yoked with love — that thou mayest seem to others ugly, comely to me alone.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXXXVIII. — To Crispa, said by some to be deformed.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/286/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXXXVIII. — To Crispa, said by some to be deformed.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/286/.
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