On Catullus

By Walter Savage Landor

1775-1864

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.

DayPoems Poem No. 522
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/522.html">On Catullus by Walter Savage Landor</a>

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