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SONNET: 13. OUT OF CATALLUS by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS

First Line: UNTO NOBODY MY WOMAN SAITH SHE HAD RATHER A WIFE BE
Last Line: IN WIND OR WATER STREAM DO REQUIRE TO BE WRIT.
Subject(s): UNFAITHFULNESS; INFIDELITY; ADULTERY; INCONSTANCY;
Unto no body my woman saith she had rather a wife be
Than to myself, not though Jove grew a suitor of hers.
These be her words: but a woman's words to a love that is eager
In wind or water stream do require to be writ.



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