Living Poets

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sic sua lasciuo cantata est saepe Catullo<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;femina, cui falsum Lesbia nomen erat;<br />
nec contentus ea multos uulgauit amores,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in quibus ipse suum fassus adulterium est.
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So wanton Catullus often sang of his woman, to whom he gave the false name ‘Lesbia’; and not content with her he broadcast his many love affairs, in which he himself confessed his own adultery.
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