Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 13. OUT OF CATALLUS, by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS Poet's Biography First Line: Unto nobody my woman saith she had rather a wife be Last Line: In wind or water stream do require to be writ. Alternate Author Name(s): Catullus, Caius Valerius Variant Title(s): Carmina: 70 Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy | ||||||||
Unto no body my woman saith she had rather a wife be Than to myself, not though Jove grew a suitor of hers. These be her words: but a woman's words to a love that is eager In wind or water stream do require to be writ. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RITUAL AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF by PETER JOHNSON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. PURKAPILE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TOM MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IF THERE'S A GOD... by GREGORY ORR AD LESBIAM by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS |
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