by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Dic quid agis, formosa Venus, si nescis...
Language: Latin
Dic quid agis, formosa Venus, si nescis amanti ferre vicem? perit omne decus, dum deperit aetas. marcent post rorem violae, rosa perdit odorem, lilia post vernum posito candore liquescunt. haec metuas exempla precor, et semper amanti redde vicem, quia semper amat, qui semper amatur.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965) , appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics, Codex Salmasianus , first published 1929 ; composed by Jean Coulthard.
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