Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OF QUINTIA AND LESBIA, by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS Poet's Biography First Line: Quintia is handsome, fair, tall, straight, all these Last Line: All graces and all wit from all hath bore. Alternate Author Name(s): Catullus, Caius Valerius Subject(s): Beauty | ||||||||
QUINTIA is handsome, fair, tall, straight, all these Very particulars I grant with ease: But she all o'er's not handsome; here's her fault: In all that bulk there's not one corn of salt; Whilst Lesbia, fair, and handsome too all o'er, All graces and all wit from all hath bore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AD LESBIAM by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS |
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