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prepared to love you continually through all the years,
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132:But Acme, bending back her head lightly,
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175:ni te perdite amo atque amare porro
162:Who has seen anybody more blessed,
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201:ignis mollibus ardet in medullis.’
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207:Nunc ab auspicio bono profecti
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215:uno in Septimio fidelis Acme
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183:caesio veniam obvius leoni.’
193:illo purpureo ore suaviata,
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