et bene parta patrum fiunt anademata, mitrae, interdum in pallam atque Alidensia Ciaque vertunt; eximia veste et victu convivia, ludi, pocula crebra, unguenta, coronae, serta parantur' nequiquam, quoniam medio de fonte leporum surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat, aut cum conscius ipse animus se forte remordet desidiose agere aetatem lustrisque perire, aut quod in ambiguo verbum iaculata reliquit quod cupido adfixum cordi vivescit ut ignis, aut nimium iactare oculos aliumve tueri quod putat, in voltuque videt vestigia risus.
The well-won wealth of fathers becomes coronets and head-scarves, or it may be a cloak or silks from Alinda and Ceos. Banquets are prepared with magnificent trappings and rich fare, entertainments, bumpers in abundance, ointment, garlands, festoons; but all is vanity, since from the very fountain of enchantment rises a drop of bitterness to torment even in the flowers; either when a guilty conscience chances to sting him with the thought that he is passing his life in sloth and perishing in debauches, or because she has shot and left a word of doubtful meaning, which, fixed in his yearning heart, keeps alive like fire, or because he thinks that she makes eyes too freely and gazes at another man, while he sees in her face the trace of a smile.
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