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from CATULLUS poem LXXXVIII

Whose face is this, Gelli, comes unmarked by sores
pure & objecting to lifting her tunic?
whose face is this, father, no sin has marred?
how much would she fetch from susceptible sellers?
how much more susceptible, o Gelli, to this Tethys
this nymph of the Ocean?
nothing's worse than quick quim sellers, packages of beauty,
nothing's so deadly so upsets the heart.
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