Love

Fragment IV: Rapidly the spirit in an agony fled away

by Gaius Valerius Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC

Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)

Love

Rapidly the spirit in an agony fled away.

MLA

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Fragment IV: Rapidly the spirit in an agony fled away.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/110/.

Chicago

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Fragment IV: Rapidly the spirit in an agony fled away.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/110/.

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