One poem by this writer talks about alternating between a thousand kisses and a hundred kisses until he and his lover have lost count.
This poet wrote one work criticizing a man for stealing his napkin and another work claiming that Varus writes lots of bad poetry. He also wrote about speaking in vain to the silent ashes of his brother, whose death made this poet worn out with constant grief. Some of his poems were addressed to the biographer Cornelius Nepos, and one was addressed to his lover's pet sparrow. One poem by this writer talks about alternating between a thousand kisses and a hundred kisses until he and his lover have lost count. He often wrote lines with eleven syllables, and he died around 54  BCE. Name this Roman writer of 116 known poems who loved a woman he called Lesbia.
This poet wrote one work criticizing a man for stealing his napkin and another work claiming that Varus writes lots of bad poetry.
Gaius Valerius Catullus