Love
De Puero et Praecone (Catullus)
Translated by Richard Lovelace (1659) · From Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659)
Love
With a fair boy a cryer we behold,
What should we think, but he would not be sold?
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Lovelace, Richard. “De Puero et Praecone (Catullus).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/122/.
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Lovelace, Richard. “De Puero et Praecone (Catullus).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/122/.
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