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Greek Anthology Book I Chapter IX Part I

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The End of Desire, Secundus

VI
THE END OF DESIRE
SECUNDUS

I who once was Laïs, an arrow in all men's hearts, no longer Laïs, am plainly to all the Nemesis of years. Ay, by the Cyprian (and what is the Cyprian now to me but an oath to swear by?) not Laïs herself knows Laïs now.

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