The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/Catullus de Lesbia

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
 (c. 1713)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner
Catullus de Lesbia
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— Catullus de Lesbiac. 1713Jonathan Swift
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CATULLUS DE LESBIA[1].


LESBIA for ever on me rails,
To talk of me she never fails.
Now, hang me but for all her art,
I find, that I have gain'd her heart.
My proof is this: I plainly see,
The case is just the same with me;
I curse her every hour sincerely,
Yet, hang me but I love her dearly.

  1. ↑ Lesbia mî dicit semper male; nec tacet unquam
    De me. Lesbia me, dispeream, nisi amat.
    Quo signo? quia sunt totidem mea: deprecor illam
    Assiduè; verum, dispeream, nisi amo.
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