C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 68.19–26

Catullus explains what has changed for him. The passage is a lament for his brother.

 

Tier 1

sed mors frātris meī haec studia mihi abstulit. ō frāter, tū mihi miserō ēreptus es!

 

tū, frāter, moriēns, omnia mea bona frēgistī. tēcum domus nostra tōta in sepulcrō est.

 

omnia gaudia nostra tēcum periērunt; amor tuus dulcis ea in vītā alēbat.

 

morte tuā haec studia et omnēs voluptātēs animī ē mente meā fugāvī.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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