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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CARMINA, 70: FEMALE INCONSTANCY, by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS Poet's Biography
First Line: My mistress says she'll marry none but me
Last Line: Lovers we write in rapid streams and wind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Catullus, Caius Valerius
Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Women; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
First Line: My mistress says she'll marry none but me
Last Line: Lovers we write in rapid streams and wind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Catullus, Caius Valerius
Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Women; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
MY mistress says she'll marry none but me,
No, not if Jove himself a suitor be.
She says so; but what women say to kind
Lovers we write in rapid streams and wind.
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