ON THE INCONSTANCY OF WOMAN’S LOVE
My Fair says, she no spouse but me
Would wed, though Jove himself were he.
She says it: but I deem
That what the fair to lovers swear
Should be inscribed upon the air,
Or in the running stream.
Catullus
ON HIS OWN LOVE
That I love thee, and yet that I hate thee, I feel;
Impatient, thou bid’st me my reasons explain: