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The Poetical Works of Elijah Fenton/Marullus de Neaera

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MARULLUS DE NEÆRA.

Inventa nuper, nervum cùm tenderet acrem,Obstupuit visâ victus Amor dominâ:Sensit læta suas vires, oculosque retorsit;Dum fugiat, ventis ocior ille fugit. 4Sed dum forte fugit, plenæ cecidere pharetræ;Devicti spolium quas tulit illa dei.Induiturque humerum, pariterque hominesque deosqueUna serit victrix, errat inermis amor. 8