Love
Catalepton 7
Translated by H. Rushton Fairclough (Loeb, 1918) · From Minor Poems (Loeb, 1918)
Love
Surely, my dearest Varius, in all honesty I'll say this: "Hang me, if that amour has not ruined me!" But if the rules forbid me so to speak, of course I'll not say that, but — "that lad has ruined me!"
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Codex Note
Appendix Vergiliana; authorship by Virgil doubtful.
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Virgil. “Catalepton 7.” Translated by H. Rushton Fairclough. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/virgil/46/.
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Virgil. “Catalepton 7.” Translated by H. Rushton Fairclough. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/virgil/46/.
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