Imitation of Tibullus
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| 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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