Love
LXX: Saith my lady to me, no man shall wed me, but only
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Love
Saith my lady to me, no man shall wed me, but only
Thou; no other if e'en Jove should approach me to woo;
Yea; but a woman's words, when a lover fondly desireth,
Limn them on ebbing floods, write on a wintery gale.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LXX: Saith my lady to me, no man shall wed me, but only.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/66/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LXX: Saith my lady to me, no man shall wed me, but only.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/66/.
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