User:Phy1729/Catullus/Poem 1

by Catullus

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To whom do I give this new elegant little book recently polished with dry pumice? O Cornelus for you: and now you were accustomed to think the my nothings were something now then, when you, one of the Italians, dared 5 to explain all history in three volumes learned, O Jupiter, and laborious. Therefore take for yourself whatever and whatever this book; which O patron maiden let it remain eternal for more than one age. 10