Love
CVI: Walks with a salesman a beauty, your eyes that beauty discerning?
Translated by Robinson Ellis (1871) · From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (1871)
Love
Walks with a salesman a beauty, your eyes that beauty discerning?
Doubt not your eyes speak true; Sir, 'tis a beauty to sell.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “CVI: Walks with a salesman a beauty, your eyes that beauty discerning?” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/98/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “CVI: Walks with a salesman a beauty, your eyes that beauty discerning?” Translated by Robinson Ellis. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/98/.
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