Catullus, Carmina, 61
• Leigh Hunt, in The Examiner (12 May 1816)
• Leigh Hunt, in The Examiner (12 May 1816)
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Whoe’er the number would define Of sports and joys that shall be thine, He first must count the grains of sand That spread the Erythræan strand, And every star and twinkling light That stud the glistening arch of night.
— Catullus on Counting
What It Means
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• Leigh Hunt, in The Examiner (12 May 1816)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BC) was a Roman poet, the dominant figure among the New Poets (neoterici) of the 1st century BC.
About Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BC) was a Roman poet, the dominant figure among the New Poets (neoterici) of the 1st century BC.
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