Social Commentaries
LII: Enough, Catullus! how can you delay to die?
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Social Commentaries
Enough, Catullus! how can you delay to die?
If in the curule chair a hump sits, Nonius;
A would-be consul lies in hope, Vatinius;
Enough, Catullus! how can you delay to die?
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LII: Enough, Catullus! how can you delay to die?” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/49/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LII: Enough, Catullus! how can you delay to die?” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/49/.
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