VII.

Ask me, Lesbia, what the sum delightful

Of thy kisses, enough to charm, to tire me?

Multitudinous as the grains on even

Lybian sands aromatic of Cyrene;

'Twixt Jove's oracle in the sandy desert 5

And where royally Battus old reposeth;

Yea a company vast as in the silence

Stars which stealthily gaze on happy lovers;

E'en so many the kisses I to kiss thee

Count, wild lover, enough to charm, to tire me; 10

These no curious eye can wholly number,

Tongue of jealousy ne'er bewitch nor harm them.

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