["Is Venus really so repugnant to newly-married maids? Do they meet th… — Essays
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["Is Venus really so repugnant to newly-married maids? Do they meet the smiles of parents with feigned tears? They weep copiously within the very threshold of the nuptial chamber. No, so the gods help me, they do not truly grieve."--Catullus, lxvi. 15.]-- [A more literal translation. D.W.]
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