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CXIV: Rightly a lordly demesne makes Firman Mentula count for
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Rightly a lordly demesne makes Firman Mentula count for
Wealthy! the rich fine things, then the variety there!
Game in plenty to choose, fish, field, and meadow with hunting;
Only the waste exceeds strangely the quantity still.
Wealthy? perhaps I grant it; if all, wealth asks for, is absent.
Praise the demesne? no doubt; only be needy the man.
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MLA
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “CXIV: Rightly a lordly demesne makes Firman Mentula count for.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/106/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “CXIV: Rightly a lordly demesne makes Firman Mentula count for.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/106/.
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