Love

Carmen LXXXV (Burton)

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

Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton (1894) · From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus (1894)

Love

Hate I, and love I. Haps thou'lt ask me wherefore I do so.
Wot I not, yet so I do feeling a torture of pain.

MLA

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXXV (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/303/.

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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXXV (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/303/.

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