Gaius Valerius Catullus Great Poems
- 1. Him Rival To The Gods I Place
Him rival to the gods I place,
Him loftier yet, if loftier be,
Who, Lesbia, sits before thy face,
Who listens and who looks on thee;
... - 2. Words Against Lesbia: To Furius And Aurelius
Furius and Aurelius, you friends of Catullus,
whether he penetrates farthest India,
where the Eastern waves strike the shore
with deep resonance,
... - 3. What A Book! : To Calvus The Poet
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,
... - 4. My Sweetest Lesbia
MY sweetest Lesbia, let us live and love,
And though the sager sort our deeds reprove,
Let us not weigh them. Heaven's great lamps do dive
Into their west, and straight again revive.
... - 5. To Lesbia (after Sappho)
I say not not Helios burns so strong,
I say he outshines the flickering sun
when your laughter's radiance falls on him there,
trembling before you;
... - 6. Sirmio
Sirmio, you jewel of all peninsulas
and all the islands of the crystal lakes
and the great oceans Neptune circles,
how delightedly, how gladly, I return,
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