C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, LESBIA'S SPARROW

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LESBIA'S SPARROW

Sparrow! my pet's delicious joy,
Wherewith in bosom nurst to toy
She loves, and gives her finger-tip
For sharp-nib'd greeding neb to nip,
Were she who my desire withstood
To seek some pet of merry mood,
As crumb o' comfort for her grief,
Methinks her burning lowe's relief:
Could I, as plays she, play with thee,
That mind might win from misery free!
...
To me t'were grateful (as they say),
Gold codling was to fleet-foot May,
Whose long-bound zone it loosed for aye.

Catullus. Carmina. Sir Richard Francis Burton. trans. London. For translator for private use. 1894.

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Commentary references to this page (12):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 11
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 14b
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 3
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 5
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 51
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 61
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 64
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 65
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 68a
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 70
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 84
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 96
Cross-references to this page (8):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Friends and foes.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Prosody.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Lesbia.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Journey to Bithynia.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Poems.
- Anne Mahoney, Overview of Latin Syntax, Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns
- Harper's, Zona
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), PILL´EUS

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Sir Richard Francis Burton, Ed.