Description: Catullus (84-54 BC) couples consummate poetic artistry with intensity of feeling. Tibullus (c. 54-19 BC) proclaims love for Delia and Nemesis in elegy. The beautiful verse of the Pervigilium Veneris (fourth century AD?) celebrates a spring festival in honor of the goddess of love.
Brief description: Francis Warre Cornish (1839-1916) was a Master and Vice-Provost of Eton College.
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