In Other Words/V. Catullus Said in Part
V. Catullus Said in Part:
(Being a shy at the Fifty-first Ode.)
Whose seat is opposite to thine,
My Lesbia, seems to me divine;
For it were heaven to be so near thee,
To gaze upon thee and to hear thee.
My Lesbia, seems to me divine;
For it were heaven to be so near thee,
To gaze upon thee and to hear thee.
But, lowlife lyrist that I am,
I see thee, and am like a clam;
My tongue is mute; my heart’s a lead one;
Sight, hearing fail me—I’m a dead one!
I see thee, and am like a clam;
My tongue is mute; my heart’s a lead one;
Sight, hearing fail me—I’m a dead one!