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Not even if I were modelled on the guard of Crete

Or Ladas the runner or feather-footed Perseus

Or carried on the wings of Pegasus,

Or the swift white chariot of Rhesus –

Add to this the feathery-footed flying birds,

And ask at the same time for the winds’ blow –

You might put them all together, Camerius,

And give me use of them all, but even then, my friend,

I would be tired to the marrow and consumed

By my many exhaustive attempts at searching for you.