Social Commentaries
XCIII: Lightly methinks I reck if Caesar smile not upon me
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Social Commentaries
Lightly methinks I reck if Caesar smile not upon me:
Care not, whether a white, whether a swarth-skin, is he.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “XCIII: Lightly methinks I reck if Caesar smile not upon me.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/86/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “XCIII: Lightly methinks I reck if Caesar smile not upon me.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/86/.
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