Erotica

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Excerpt from Erotica: The Poems of Catullus and Tibullus, and the Vigil of Venus, A Literal Prose Translation With NotesO blame not the bard if he ¿y to the bowers Where Pleasure sits carelessly smiling at Fame He was born for much more, and in happier hours His soul might have glowed with a holier ¿ame.That he was not indifferent to public wrongs is proved by the vehe mence with which he assailed Caesar in the plenitude of his power. A man of fine sensibility and delicate fancy, he was no less remarkable for the strength and depth of his feelings. Regarded as indications of character, his poems to Lesbia are unique in Roman literature for the intensity and self-oblivion of the passion they portray. Some of then' breathe the delicious frenzy of desire, or the sweet sadness that eve1 mingles with the best of joy, and is so like it that we scarce know whether to call it pain or pleasure the rest are heavy with the grief for which there is no cure, the anguish of a heart that dotes, yet more than doubts, that cannot cease to love what it loathes and sooms.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.