Carmina # 3 "Death of the Sparrow," ll. 11-12 [tr. Wright (1926), st. 4] - Catullus | WIST Quotations
But now in the shadows It goes to the bourne Of Orcus remorseless Whence none may return. [Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum Illuc unde negant redire quemquam.] Referring to the fate of his beloved Lesbia's beloved sparrow. See also Shakepeare, Hamlet, Art 3, ll. 86-88. Death, That undiscover'd country,…
