"Quando ponebam novellas arbores mali et piri, cortici summae notavi nomen ardoris mei. nulla fit exinde finis vel quies cupidinis: crescit arbor, gliscit ardor: animus implet litteras."
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When my young pear-trees I planted, when I planted apple-trees, On the bark the name I graved of the sweetheart who is mine. Never henceforth will my passion find an end or find its ease. As the tree grows, so my zeal glows: love-dreams through each letter shine. — De Qualitate Vitae, V (tr. Duff & Duff)
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