C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Epistulae 6.7

Pliny the Younger writes to his young wife Calpurnia during one of his absences from home. He responds to a letter in which she described keeping his books beside her as consolation, and reflects on how her own letters both ease and sharpen his longing for her.

 

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C. PLINIUS CALPURNIAE SUAE S.

Calpurnia mea, scrīpsistī mihi: quia absum, valdē trīstis es. ūnum sōlācium habēs: librōs meōs tenēs. saepe etiam librōs in locō meō pōnis ubi ego sedēre soleō.

hoc mihi grātissimum est. gaudeō quod mē requīris. gaudeō quod hae rēs tē sōlantur.

ego quoque epistulās tuās iterum atque iterum legō. saepe eās in manūs sūmō quasi novae sint.

sed cūr epistulae tuae dēsīderium meum augent? hoc cōgitō: sī litterae tuae tam dulcēs sunt, quam dulcia sunt verba tua! quantō magis tē ipsam audīre cupiō!

quam saepissimē igitur mihi scrībe, quamquam hoc mē et dēlectat et vexat simul. valē.

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