C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 68.33–40

Catullus explains to Manius why he cannot send everything that was asked of him. The passage concerns his books and his life in Rome.

 

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hīc paucī librī mihi sunt. cūr? Rōmae vīvō. ibi domus mea est, ibi sēdēs mea est, ibi aetātem agō.

 

ex multīs librīs ūna tantum pars mē hūc sequitur.

 

nōlī putāre mē animō malō agere. tū et dōna et librōs petis; ea tibi nōn dō, quia cōpia nōn est. sī cōpia est, tibi omnia dō.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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