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Seduce your mate with this ancient bit of Roman poetry. The phrase on the top, "Da Mi Basia Mille," translates as "Give Me a Thousand Kisses". It is taken from the poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus, a well-known and loved Roman poet from Verona, Italy (c. 84 BC-54 BC). He wrote a passionate poem to his love Lesbia. Here is a translation of an excerpt: Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love / And let us count the comments of censuring old men as one copper / Suns are able to set and rise again / For us, when the brief light sets once and for all / There is an endless night which must be slept through. / Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, / Then another thousand, then a second hundred, / Then, constantly, another thousand, then a hundred, / Then, when we will have done that many thousands of times, / We will confuse the count, so that we (ourselves) don't know.... In tribute to his timeless words, "Catullus, a Roman Poet 84 BC" appears on the side of the box.

Made from resin, white with gray wash finish, 3.5"H x 5.25"W x 5.25"L.

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