Washington "Even while y...

Washington
"Even while you play the blockhead
sad Catullus,
you behold what's lost. Now learn from it.
Bright remembered
days, exhausted sniffing after my mistress;
no united loved
as earnestly as I loved her, cream,
games, lust
given to her, who not ever loved me
less--Now she likes you
no longer Catullus--you limp, brooding clod:
quit snivelling
after her, and give leave to her flit away. ...