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... lover in Lucretius who lets himself become the victim of passion's turmoil . Yet we feel the anguish of Proper- tius ... lover's on this earth , none ( if you had sense ) you'd not sooner choose , 10 the neatness of the lines strips off ...
... lover in Lucretius who lets himself become the victim of passion's turmoil . Yet we feel the anguish of Proper- tius ... lover's on this earth , none ( if you had sense ) you'd not sooner choose , 10 the neatness of the lines strips off ...
Page 175
... lover - since the wings only exist as a symbol of the lover's conduct , there is no reason why they shouldn't have symbolic attributes.1 The lover is ' fickle ' in two ways : he keeps falling in and out of love ; and the object of his ...
... lover - since the wings only exist as a symbol of the lover's conduct , there is no reason why they shouldn't have symbolic attributes.1 The lover is ' fickle ' in two ways : he keeps falling in and out of love ; and the object of his ...
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... lover knows when he'll die and how meet death , fearing neither war nor stormy northerly . Even on reedy Styx , seated at the rower's bench , gazing at the gloomy canvas of the bark of Hell , let him catch a breath of summons from his ...
... lover knows when he'll die and how meet death , fearing neither war nor stormy northerly . Even on reedy Styx , seated at the rower's bench , gazing at the gloomy canvas of the bark of Hell , let him catch a breath of summons from his ...
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