Love

XXXII: List, I charge thee, my gentle Ipsithilla

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

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

Love

List, I charge thee, my gentle Ipsithilla,
Lovely ravisher and my dainty mistress,
Say we'll linger a lazy noon together.

Suits my company? lend a farther hearing:
See no jealousy make the gate against me,
See no fantasy lead thee out a-roaming.
Keep close chamber; anon in all profusion
Count me kisses again again returning.

Bides thy will? with a sudden haste command me;
Full and wistful, at ease reclin'd, a lover
Here I languish alone, supinely dreaming.

MLA

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “XXXII: List, I charge thee, my gentle Ipsithilla.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/29/.

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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “XXXII: List, I charge thee, my gentle Ipsithilla.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/29/.

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