Excerpta e carminibus Catulli, Tibulli, Propertii, et OvidiiVirtue Brothers, 1864 - 229 pages |
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Page 157 - Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices In their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
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