Translations From Catullus. Carm. 70 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCD EFEG HIJI KLKL| dicebas quondam etc | A |
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| To Lesbia | B |
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| Thou told'st me in our days of love | C |
| That I had all that heart of thine | D |
| That even to share the couch of Jove | C |
| Thou wouldst not Lesbia part from mine | D |
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| How purely wert thou worshipt then | E |
| Not with the vague and vulgar fires | F |
| Which Beauty wakes in soulless men | E |
| But loved as children by their sires | G |
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| That flattering dream alas is o'er | H |
| I know thee now and tho' these eyes | I |
| Doat on thee wildly as before | J |
| Yet even in doating I despise | I |
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| Yes sorceress mad as it may seem | K |
| With all thy craft such spells adorn thee | L |
| That passion even outlives esteem | K |
| And I at once adore and scorn thee | L |
Thomas Moore
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