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[107-134] tanto: etc. explaining vita dulcius, etc.; he was dearer to you than life; for your love was deeper than the abyss of Pheneus (vv. 109-118), and your joy in him greater (vv. 129, 130) than that of the aged grandfather in the birth of an heir (vv. 119-124), or of a dove in the endearments of her mate (vv. 125-128). And such was the joy with which Lesbia came to me (vv. 131-134).


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