C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 68.11–18

Catullus answers Manius directly. The passage is about his own circumstances and his younger days.

 

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audī, Mānī! volō tē mala mea scīre. officium hospitis nōn ōdī.

 

in flūctibus fortūnae ipse iaceō. ego quoque miser sum. nōlī dōna beāta ā miserō petere.

 

prīmum vestem candidam accēpī. tum aetās mea laeta erat; iuvenis eram.

 

multa laeta fēcī. dea Venus mē bene nōvit. haec dea dulcia cum cūrīs miscet.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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