non tibi nascenti primis, mea vita, diebus
candidus argutum sternuit omen Amor?
haec tibi contulerunt caelestia munera divi.
When you were born, my love, in your first days,
did bright Love not sneeze a melodius omen?
The gods bestowed these heavenly gifts unto you.
Propertius 2.3.23-5














