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LIII: How I laughed at a wag amid the circle!
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Love
How I laughed at a wag amid the circle!
He, when Calvus in high denunciation
Of Vatinius had declaim'd divinely,
Hands uplifted as in supreme amazement,
Cried 'God bless us! a wordy cockalorum!'
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LIII: How I laughed at a wag amid the circle!” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/50/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LIII: How I laughed at a wag amid the circle!” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/50/.
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