C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, TO LESBIA

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TO LESBIA

Peer of a God meseemeth he,
Nay passing Gods (and that can be!)
Who all the while sits facing thee
Sees thee and hears
Thy low sweet laughs which (ah me!) daze
Mine every sense, and as I gaze
Upon thee (Lesbia!) o'er me strays
...
My tongue is dulled, my limbs adown
Flows subtle flame; with sound its own
Rings either ear, and o'er are strown
Mine eyes with night.
Ease has thy lot, Catullus, crost,
Ease gladdens thee at heaviest cost,
Ease killed the Kings ere this and lost the tallest towns

Catullus. Carmina. Sir Richard Francis Burton. trans. London. For translator for private use. 1894.

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Commentary references to this page (10):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 17
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 22
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 34
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 45
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 61
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 63
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 64
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 66
- Sulpicia, Carmina Omnia, 1
- George W. Mooney, Commentary on Apollonius: Argonautica, 4.17
Cross-references to this page (4):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Metres.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Lesbia.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Poems.
- Anne Mahoney, Overview of Latin Syntax, Verbs

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Sir Richard Francis Burton, Ed.