Love
CV: Mentula toils, Pimplea, the Muses' mountain, ascending
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Love
Mentula toils, Pimplea, the Muses' mountain, ascending:
They with pitchforks hurl Mentula dizzily down.
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MLA
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “CV: Mentula toils, Pimplea, the Muses' mountain, ascending.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/97/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “CV: Mentula toils, Pimplea, the Muses' mountain, ascending.” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/97/.
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