Arts & Sciences
Written in a Catullus
From Heroic Idyls (1863)
Arts & Sciences
Among these treasures there are some
That floated past the wreck of Rome ;
But others, for their place unfit,
Are sullied by uncleanly wit.
So in its shell the pearl is found
"With rank putridity around.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Written in a Catullus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/209/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Written in a Catullus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/209/.
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