Gaius Valerius Catullus Sad Poems

  • 1.
    All you Loves and Cupids cry
    and all you men of feeling
    my girlâ??s sparrow is dead,
    my girlâ??s beloved sparrow.
    ...
  • 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.
    Sparrow, my sweet girlâ??s delight,
    whom she plays with, holds to her breast,
    whom, greedy, she gives her little finger to,
    often provoking you to a sharp bite,
    ...
  • 5.
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  • 6.
    Sad Catullus, stop playing the fool,
    and let what you know leads you to ruin, end.
    Once, bright days shone for you,
    when you came often drawn to the girl
    ...
Total 6 Sad 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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