Catullus to Quintius
Catullus also (b. B.C. 87) has some verses of real feeling:—
“Quintius, if ’tis thy wish and will
That I should owe my eyes to thee,
Or anything that’s dearer still,
If aught that’s dearer there can be;
Then rob me not of that I prize,
Of the dear form that is to me,
Oh! far far dearer than my eyes,