It is said to have been at Cicero's house
that the two first met: and it may have been by Cicero's
hand that sent to Clodia the fifty-first poem in
the collection, the raptures of which I venture to illustrate
from a rendering which a young student* once made for
me: --
God, or more than God he seemeth,
In whose eyes thy bright glance beameth,
In whose ears thy laughter trilleth,
Sitting near to thee;
* Mr.
that the two first met: and it may have been by Cicero's
hand that sent to Clodia the fifty-first poem in
the collection, the raptures of which I venture to illustrate
from a rendering which a young student* once made for
me: --
God, or more than God he seemeth,
In whose eyes thy bright glance beameth,
In whose ears thy laughter trilleth,
Sitting near to thee;
* Mr.
Catullus - 1866b - Poetry - Slater
