Imitation of Tibullus

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Imitation of Tibullus
by George Gordon, Lord Byron
Byron's poem here is based on the fifth poem written by Sulpicia, which was during Byron's time misattributed and placed in Tibullus's fourth collection of poems Liber iv.


Sulpicia ad Cerinthum
[From Sulpicia to Cerinthum]

Cruel Cerinthus! does the fell disease
Which racks my breast your fickle bosom please?
Alas! I wish'd but to o'ercome the pain,
That I might live for love and you again;
But now I scarcely shall bewail my fate:
By death alone I can avoid your hate.


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