C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, TO GELLIUS.

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TO GELLIUS.

Not for due cause I hoped to find thee (Gellius!) faithful
In this saddest our love, love that is lost and forlore,
Or fro' my wotting thee well or ever believing thee constant,
Or that thy mind could reject villany ever so vile,
But that because was she to thyself nor mother nor sister,
This same damsel whose Love me in its greatness devoured.
Yet though I had been joined wi' thee by amplest of usance,
Still could I never believe this was sufficient of cause.
Thou diddest deem it suffice: so great is thy pleasure in every
Crime wherein may be found somewhat enormous of guilt.

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

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Commentary references to this page (9):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 116
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 14
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 6
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 61
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 68a
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 74
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 77
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 78b
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 79
Cross-references to this page (1):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Friends and foes.

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