A transcription of one of this author's poems written on a piece of paper soaked in tea comprises the first page of Anne Carson's novel NOX.
A transcription of one of this author's poems written on a piece of paper soaked in tea comprises the first page of Anne Carson's novel NOX. The narrator of that poem by this writer reports that "Through many countries and over many seas I have come" to "these melancholy shores." One of Carl Orff's cantatas sets many of this writer's poems to music, including one beginning "Let us live and love." A short couplet by this author states "Why I do this, perhaps you ask? I do not know, but I feel it happening and I am tortured." This author of "I (*) love and I hate" addressed his brother's "silent ashes" in a poem ending "Hail and Farewell," which is a translation of the Latin phrase "Ave Atque Vale." For 10 points, name this Silver Age poet who addressed many of his works to Lesbia.
A transcription of one of this author's poems written on a piece of paper soaked in tea comprises the first page of Anne Carson's novel NOX.
Gaius Valerius Catullus