Social Commentaries
Female Inconstancy (Catullus, Ep. 71)
Translated by Richard Lovelace (1659) · From Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659)
Social Commentaries
My mistresse sayes she'll marry none but me;
No, not if Jove himself a suitor be.
She sayes so; but what women say to kind
Lovers, we write in rapid streams and wind.
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MLA
Lovelace, Richard. “Female Inconstancy (Catullus, Ep. 71).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/145/.
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Lovelace, Richard. “Female Inconstancy (Catullus, Ep. 71).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/145/.
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