Love
Carmen LXXXVI (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
Quintia is thought beautiful by many; I think her fair, tall, and straight. I so far allow each of these points, but I demur to "beautiful" for she has no grace; there is not in the whole compass of her tall person one grain of salt. Lesbia is beautiful: for she possesses all the beauties, and has stolen all the graces from all the women alone for herself.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXXVI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/191/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXXVI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/191/.
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