Atque id sincere dicat et ex animo,
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Vt liceat nobis tota producere vita
Alternum hoc sanctae foedus amicitae.
CVIIII.
To Lesbia on Her Vow of Constancy.
Gladsome to me, O my life, this love whose offer thou deignest
Between us twain lively and lusty to last soothfast.
(Great Gods!) grant ye the boon that prove her promises loyal,