Gaius Valerius Catullus Brother Poems

  • 1.
    Driven across many nations, across many oceans,
    I am here, my brother, for this final parting,
    to offer at last those gifts which the dead are given
    and to speak in vain to your unspeaking ashes,
    ...
  • 2.
    By ways remote and distant waters sped,
    Brother, to thy sad grave-side am I come,
    That I may give the last gifts to the dead,
    And vainly parley with thine ashes dumb:
    ...
  • 3.
    Through many countries and over many seas
    I have come, Brother, to these melancholy rites,
    to show this final honour to the dead,
    and speak (to what purpose?) to your silent ashes,
    ...
  • 4.
    By ways remote and distant waters sped,
    Brother, to thy sad grave-side am I come,
    That I may give the last gifts to the dead,
    And vainly parley with thine ashes dumb:
    ...
  • 5.
    This boat you see, friends, will tell you
    that she was the fastest of craft,
    not to be challenged for speed
    by any vessel afloat, whether
    ...
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  • 7.
    STRANGER, the bark you see before you says
    That in old times and in her early days
    She was a lively vessel that could make
    The quickest voyages, and overtake
    ...
Total 7 Brother Poems by Gaius Valerius Catullus

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