Love
Book III, Elegy 20: Unkind Rumour (Postgate)
Translated by J. P. Postgate (Loeb, 1913) · From Elegies (Loeb, 1913)
Love
Rumour says that my girl is oft unfaithful. Now could I wish my ears were deaf. These charges are not made without suffering for me. Why dost thou torture thus thy victim, bitter Rumour ? Peace !
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Codex Note
From the Corpus Tibullianum, of uncertain authorship; numbered III. 20 (IV. 14) in this volume.
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MLA
Tibullus (Albius Tibullus). “Book III, Elegy 20: Unkind Rumour (Postgate).” Translated by J. P. Postgate. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tibullus/59/.
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Tibullus (Albius Tibullus). “Book III, Elegy 20: Unkind Rumour (Postgate).” Translated by J. P. Postgate. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tibullus/59/.
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