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Freely of lovely form the lack I own;Yet is our mentule a resplendent gem;And this to th'erst-named gods shall aye preferThe damsel dowered with no fatuous coynte.

Yon Telethusa befamèd amid the damsels Suburran(Who by her gains I hold freedwoman now is become)Girds with a gilded crown, O Holy! thine inguinal organ,Held by the pathic girls like in degree to a god.

Whoso comes hither shall a bard becomeAnd to me dedicate facetious verse;But who thiswise doth not, 'mid learnèd poets