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The Oxford Book of Latin Verse

VALERIVS AEDITVVS

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fl. 100 B.C.

46. The Lamp of Love

QVID faculam praefers, Phileros, quae nil opus nobis? ibimus sic: lucet pectoris flamma satis: istam nam potis est uis saeua extinguere uenti, aut imber caelo candidus praecipitans: at contra hunc ignem Veneris, nisi si Venus ipsa, nullast quae possit uis alia opprimere.

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