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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAIS' MIRROR, by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS Poet's Biography
First Line: Venus, take my votive glass
Last Line: Venus, let me never see.
Variant Title(s): The Lady Who Offers Her Looking-glass To Venus
Subject(s): Mirrors; Old Age
First Line: Venus, take my votive glass
Last Line: Venus, let me never see.
Variant Title(s): The Lady Who Offers Her Looking-glass To Venus
Subject(s): Mirrors; Old Age
Venus, take my votive glass,
Since I am not what I was;
What from this day I shall be,
Venus, let me never see.
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