Living
Ad Sylonem (Catullus, Ep. 104)
Translated by Richard Lovelace (1659) · From Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659)
Living
Sylo, pray pay me my ten sesterces,
Then rant and roar as much as you shall please;
Or if that mony takes [you,] pray, give ore
To be a pimp, or else to rant and roar.
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Lovelace, Richard. “Ad Sylonem (Catullus, Ep. 104).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/151/.
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Lovelace, Richard. “Ad Sylonem (Catullus, Ep. 104).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/151/.
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