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multivolast mulier. Sed tu horum magnos vicisti sola furores, Vt semel es flavo conciliata viro. 130 Aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna Lux mea se nostrum contulit in gremium, Quam circumcursans hinc illinc saepe Cupido Fulgebat crocina candidus in tunica. Quae tamen etsi uno non est contenta Catullo, 135 Rara verecundae furta feremus erae, Ne nimium simus stultorum more molesti. Saepe etiam Iuno, maxima caelicolum, Coniugis in culpa flagrantem conquoquit iram, Noscens omnivoli plurima furta Iovis. 140 Atquei nec divis homines conponier aequomst, * * * * * * * * Ingratum tremuli tolle parentis onus. Nec tamen illa mihi dextra deducta paterna Fragrantem Assyrio venit odore domum, Sed furtiva dedit muta munuscula nocte, 145 Ipsius ex ipso dempta viri gremio. Quare illud satis est, si nobis is datur unis, Quem lapide illa diem candidiore notat. Hoc tibi, qua potui, confectum carmine munus Pro multis, Alli, redditur officiis, 150 Ne vostrum scabra tangat rubigine nomen Haec atque illa dies atque alia atque alia. Huc addent divi quam plurima, quae Themis olim Antiquis solitast munera ferre piis: Sitis felices et tu simul et tua vita 155 Et domus, ipsi in qua lusimus et domina, Et qui principio nobis te tradidit Anser, A quo sunt primo mi omnia nata bona. Et longe ante omnes mihi quae me carior ipsost, Lux mea, qua viva vivere dulce mihist. 160 LXVIII. TO MANIUS ON VARIOUS MATTERS. When to me sore opprest by bitter chance of misfortune This thy letter thou send'st written wi' blotting of tears, So might I save thee flung by spuming billows of ocean, Shipwreckt, rescuing life snatcht from the threshold of death; Eke neither Venus the Holy to rest in slumber's refreshment 5 Grants thee her grace on couch lying deserted and lone, Nor can the Muses avail with dulcet song of old writers Ever delight thy mind sleepless in anxious care; Grateful be this to my thought since thus thy friend I'm entitled, Hence of me seekest thou gifts Muses and Venus can give: 10 But that bide not unknown to thee my sorrows (O Manius!) And lest office of host I should be holden to hate, Learn how in Fortune's deeps
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