The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus - Softcover

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Catullus, and between the courses he wrote what I now give you. The public schoolboy is taught that the A tys was unique in subject and metre, that it was the greatest and most remarkable poem in Latin literature, famous for the fiery vehemence of the Greek dithyramb, that it was the only specimen in Latin of the Galliambic measure, so called, because sung by the Gallse and I suspect that the school-boy now learns that there are half a dozen others, which you can doubtless name. To my mind the gems of the whole translation are the Epithalamium or Epos of the marriage of Vinia and Manlius, and the Parcae in that of Peleus and Thetis. Sir Richard laid great stress on the following in his notes, headed Compare with Catullus, the sweet and tender little Villanelle, by Mr. Edmund Gosse, for the Viol and Flute the XIX cent, with the I st Little mistress mine, good-bye !I have been your sparrow true; Dig my grave, for I must die. Waste no tear, and heave no sigh ;L ife should still be blithe for you, Little mistress mine, good-bye! In your garden let me lie Underneath the pointed yew, Dig my grave, for I must die.
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