Vidit, quis Venerem auspicatiorem?

XXXXV.

On Acme and Septumius.

To Acmé quoth Septumius who his fere

Held on his bosom—"Acmé, mine! next year,

Unless I love thee fondlier than before,

And with each twelve month love thee more and more,

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As much as lover's life can slay with yearning,

Alone in Lybia, or Hind's clime a-burning,