Sulpicia Sulpicia Elegiae 2

Anne Mahoney (Translator)

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My stupid birthday's here, and I'm supposed

to go away and leave Cerinthus here.

What's better than the city? On the farm,

it's cold and rustic — no place for a girl.

Messalla, uncle, you're thinking of me,

but stop it: this is no time for a trip.

Take me away, I'll leave my heart and mind

In Rome : what good's free will? You make the rules.

Sulpicia Elegiae. Sulpicia. Anne Mahoney (Translator). Medford, MA. 2000-08-01.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.

Six Poems (English) (Sulpicia (attributed author). Six Poems. Mahoney, Anne, translator.)

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Carmina Omnia Perseus (Sulpicia (attributed author). Carmina Omnia. Mahoney, Anne, editor.) — 2 focus

Invisus natalis adest, qui rure molesto

et sine Cerintho tristis agendus erit.

Dulcius urbe quid est? an villa sit apta puellae

atque Arretino frigidus amnis agro?

Iam nimium Messalla mei studiose, quiescas,

non tempestivae, saeve propinque, viae!

Hic animum sensusque meos abducta relinquo,

arbitrio quamvis non sinis esse meo.