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Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Jacob Cats

Turpe senilis amor.

FRondibus irriguis, violisque recentibus hęret, Perque novos flores lęta vagatur apisApes a marcidis floribus abstinere solent: mortuis, ait Plinius, floribus ne quidem corporibus insidunt.: Si qua rosa est, quę lassa comas collumquè remisit, Pręterit hanc, dulces nec petit inde favos. Nullus amans canis dat florea serta capillis, Dat vetulae fronti basia nullus amans. Parcite formosę nimium diû parcere formę, Turpe puella senex, in sene turpis amor.

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