The Works of Lord Byron (ed. Coleridge, Prothero)/Poetry/Volume 1/Imitation of Tibullus

by George Gordon Byron

IMITATION OF TIBULLUS.

SULPICIA AD CERINTHUM (LIB. QUART.).

Cruel Cerinthus! does the fell disease^[1]
Which racks my breast your fickle bosom please?
Alas! I wish'd but to o'ercome the pain,
That I might live for Love and you again;
But, now, I scarcely shall bewail my fate:
By Death alone I can avoid your hate.

1. —— does this fell disease.—[4to. P. on V. Occasions.]