Lesbia, you ask how many kisses of yours
would be enough and more to satisfy me.
As many as the grains of Libyan sand
that lie between hot Jupiter-s oracle,
at Ammon, in resin-producing Cyrene,
and old Battiades sacred tomb:
or as many as the stars, when night is still,
gazing down on secret human desires:
as many of your kisses kissed
are enough, and more, for mad Catullus,
as can-t be counted by spies
nor an evil tongue bewitch us.
How Many Kisses: To Lesbia
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Poem topics: evil, night, human, tongue, secret, satisfy, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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