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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON CATULLUS, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Tell me not what too well I know
Last Line: With nectar, and runs on.
Subject(s): Catullus, Gaius Valerius (84-54 B.c.)
First Line: Tell me not what too well I know
Last Line: With nectar, and runs on.
Subject(s): Catullus, Gaius Valerius (84-54 B.c.)
TELL me not what too well I know
About the bard of Sirmio.
Yes, in Thalia's son
Such stains there are -- as when a Grace
Sprinkles another's laughing face
With nectar, and runs on.
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