Amores I.9 1-10






Mīlitat omnis amāns, et habet sua castra Cupīdō;
     Attice, crēde mihī, mīlitat omnis amāns!
Quae bellō est habilis, Venerī quoque convenit aetās:
     turpe senex mīles, turpe senīlis amor.
Quōs petiēre ducēs animōs in mīlite fortī,
     hōs petit in sociō bella puella virō.
Pervigilant ambō, terrā requiēscit uterque;
     ille forēs dominae servat, at ille ducis.
Mīlitis officium longa est via; mitte puellam,
     strēnuus exēmptō fīne sequētur amāns.


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