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O Venus, who keeps love alive,
mother of longing and desire,
it is you who favors me,
your little maid servant,
and spends out a clam day
in front of me.

Venus amoris altrix,
genetrix cupiditatis,
mihi quae diem serenum
hilarula praepandere cresti,
opesculae tuae ac ministrae.

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Of chest and body wasted everywhere;
Of mind devoid of sense and slow of pace;
With age o’ercome.

With her hands Andromacha, for sport,
those tender, playful little hands,
eager and excited, for my head
wove you, extraordinary gift.

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