dum thalamis habilis tumuit vigor, inrita nullus fecundavit amor materno viscera partu; nubit anus veterana sacro perfuncta labore, desertisque focis, quibus est famulata iuventas, transfert emeritas ad fulcra iugalia rugas, discit et in gelido nova nupta tepescere lecto.
As long as swelling vigour made them marriageable their flesh remained fruitless; no love made it fertile in motherhood. But the old veteran who has discharged her sacred duty marries; deserting the hearth which her youth served, she carries her time-expired wrinkles to the matrimonial couch and as a bride learns to grow warm in a cold bed.
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