Gaius Valerius Catullus Farewell Poems

  • 1.
    Driven across many nations, across many oceans,
    I am here, my brother, for this final parting,
    to offer at last those gifts which the dead are given
    and to speak in vain to your unspeaking ashes,
    ...
  • 2.
    By ways remote and distant waters sped,
    Brother, to thy sad grave-side am I come,
    That I may give the last gifts to the dead,
    And vainly parley with thine ashes dumb:
    ...
  • 3.
    By ways remote and distant waters sped,
    Brother, to thy sad grave-side am I come,
    That I may give the last gifts to the dead,
    And vainly parley with thine ashes dumb:
    ...
  • 4.
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  • 5.
    If I didnâ??t love you more than my eyes,
    most delightful Calvus, Iâ??d dislike you
    for this gift, with a true Vatinian dislike:
    Now what did I do and what did I say,
    ...
Total 5 Farewell Poems by Gaius Valerius Catullus

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Love 14 I Love You 14 Girl 10 Brother 7 Sad 6 Never 6 Great 6 Mind 6 Happy 5 Farewell 5

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