Love
De Quintia et Lesbia (Catullus, Ep. 87)
Translated by Richard Lovelace (1659) · From Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659)
Love
Quintia is handsome, fair, tall, straight: all these
Very particulars I grant with ease:
But she all ore 's not handsome; here's her fault:
In all that bulk there's not one corne of salt,
Whilst Lesbia, fair and handsome too all ore,
All graces and all wit from all hath bore.
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Lovelace, Richard. “De Quintia et Lesbia (Catullus, Ep. 87).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/149/.
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Lovelace, Richard. “De Quintia et Lesbia (Catullus, Ep. 87).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/149/.
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