Love
LXXXVI: Lovely to many a man is Quintia; shapely, majestic
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Lovely to many a man is Quintia; shapely, majestic,
Stately, to me; each point singly 'tis easy to grant.
'Lovely' the whole, I grant not; in all that bodily largeness,
Lives not a grain of salt, breathes not a charm anywhere.
Lesbia--she is lovely, an even temper of utmost
Beauty, that every charm stealeth of every fair.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LXXXVI: Lovely to many a man is Quintia; shapely, majestic.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/77/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “LXXXVI: Lovely to many a man is Quintia; shapely, majestic.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/77/.
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