Carmen 75: On Gallus
Two brothers has Gallus: the one
Boasts a wife, most seducingly fair;
The other is blest with a son,
As seducing, in person and air:
Now Gallus, so weak, so gallant,
Would the beautiful stripling persuade
To make a bold push at his aunt,
And entice the sweet thing to his bed:
But Gallus must surely want thought;
For, since married, methinks it should strike,
That nephews, so charmingly taught,
Will cornute ev'ry uncle alike.
Boasts a wife, most seducingly fair;
The other is blest with a son,
As seducing, in person and air:
Now Gallus, so weak, so gallant,
Would the beautiful stripling persuade
To make a bold push at his aunt,
And entice the sweet thing to his bed:
But Gallus must surely want thought;
For, since married, methinks it should strike,
That nephews, so charmingly taught,
Will cornute ev'ry uncle alike.
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