Love
De Suo in Lesbiam Amore (Catullus, Ep. 88)
Translated by Richard Lovelace (1659) · From Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659)
Love
No one can boast her self so much belov'd,
Truely as Lesbia my affections prov'd;
No faith was ere with such a firm knot bound,
As in my love on my part I have found.
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Lovelace, Richard. “De Suo in Lesbiam Amore (Catullus, Ep. 88).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/150/.
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Lovelace, Richard. “De Suo in Lesbiam Amore (Catullus, Ep. 88).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/150/.
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