Death & Dying
Carmen XCVI (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
If the silent grave can receive any pleasure, or sweetness at all from our grief, Calvus, the grief and regret with which we make our old loves live again, and weep for long-lost friendships, surely Quintilia feels less sorrow for her too early death, than pleasure from your love.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen XCVI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/200/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen XCVI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/200/.
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