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– 14 February 🧵

“te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora;
te teneam moriens deficiente manu.
flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto,
tristibus et lacrimis oscula mixta dabis.
flebis: non tua sunt duro praecordia ferro...

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2022-02-14

This is Dante Gabriel Rossetti's 1868 painting, The Return of Tibullus to Delia! The image on the right is an earlier version (featuring Elizabeth Siddal) from c.1853!

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2020-11-20

the writer of epigrams praises for his quiet way of life this was before he became – and for his saying that he was the Tibullus of the age, although modest about his own ability.



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2020-08-23