Love
LX: Hadst thou a Libyan lioness on heights all stone
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Love
Hadst thou a Libyan lioness on heights all stone,
A Scylla, barking wolvish at the loins' last verge,
To bear thee, O black-hearted, O to shame forsworn,
That unto supplication in my last sad need
Thou mightst not harken, deaf to ruth, a beast, no man?
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MLA
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LX: Hadst thou a Libyan lioness on heights all stone.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/56/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LX: Hadst thou a Libyan lioness on heights all stone.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/56/.
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