Love
XXVII: Boy, young caterer of Falernian olden
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Love
Boy, young caterer of Falernian olden,
Brim me cups of a fiercer harsher essence;
So Postumia, queen of healths presiding,
Bids, less thirsty the thirsty grape, the toper.
But dull water, avaunt. Away the wine-cup's
Sullen enemy; seek the sour, the solemn!
Here Thyonius hails his own elixir.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “XXVII: Boy, young caterer of Falernian olden.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/24/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “XXVII: Boy, young caterer of Falernian olden.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/24/.
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