Living
Carmen XLIX (Burton)
Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton (1894) · From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus (1894)
Living
Most eloquent 'mid race of Romulus
That is or ever was (Marc Tullius!)
Or in the coming years the light shall see,
His thanks, the warmest, offers unto thee
Catullus, poet sorriest that be,
And by such measure poet sorriest,
As thou of pleaders art the bestest best.
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MLA
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen XLIX (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/269/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen XLIX (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/269/.
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