C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, To AURELIUS THE SKINFLINT

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To AURELIUS THE SKINFLINT

Aurelius, father of the famisht crew,
Not sole of starvelings now, but wretches who
Were, are, or shall be in the years to come,
My love, my dearling, fain art thou to strum.
Nor privately; for nigh thou com'st and jestest
And to his side close-sticking all things questest.
'Tis vain: while lay'st thou snares for me the worst,
By . . . . I will teach thee first.
An food-full thus do thou, my peace I'd keep:
But what (ah me ! ah me !) compels me weep
Are thirst and famine to my dearling fated.
Cease thou so doing while as modest rated,
Lest to thy will thou win—but . . . .

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

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Commentary references to this page (12):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 106
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 15
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 16
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 21
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 32
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 47
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 49
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 50
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 59
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 6
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 68b
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 78b
Cross-references to this page (3):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Metres.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Later years. Relations with Caesar.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Poems.
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (1):
- Lewis & Short, per-maxĭmus

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