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The Poems of Catullus, Tr. Into Engl. Verse, with Notes by T. Martin Gaius Valerius Catullus No preview available - 2016 |
The Poems of Catullus, Tr. Into Engl. Verse, with Notes by T. Martin Gaius Valerius Catullus No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 168 - And being ravish'd thus, Come, I will drink a tun To my Propertius. Now, to Tibullus next, This flood I drink to thee; — But stay, I see a text, That this presents to me. Behold! Tibullus lies Here burnt, whose small return Of ashes scarce suffice To fill a little urn. Trust to good verses then; They only will aspire, When pyramids, as men, Are lost i' th
Page 184 - Her bared bosom she doth broad display; Lo see soon after, how she fades, and falls away. So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower...
Page 181 - Tell me, ye merchants' daughters, did ye see So fair a creature in your town before...
Page 192 - And strike to dust the imperial towers of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel?
Page 203 - With Additions by Professors AGASSIZ, PIERCE, and GRAY; 12 Maps and Engravings on Steel, some Coloured, and copious Index.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The poems of Catullus, tr. into Engl. verse, with notes by T. Martin |
| Author | Gaius Valerius Catullus |
| Translated by | sir Theodore Martin |
| Published | 1861 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Aug 2006 |
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