me dolor et lacrimae merito fecere peritum: atque utinam posito dicar amore rudis! quid tibi nunc misero prodest grave dicere carmen aut Amphioniae moenia flere lyrae? plus in amore valet Mimnermi versus Homero: carmina mansuetus lenia quaerit Amor.
Suffering and tears have deservedly gained me the title of expert: would I could lay love aside and be called a novice! What does it now avail you, wretch, to declaim grand epic or lament the walls built by Amphions lyre? In love Mimnermus verse is worth more than Homers: peaceful Love calls for gentle strains.
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