GetPassage urn:cts:latinLit:phi0472.phi001.perseus-eng3:56.1-56.7 urn:cts:latinLit:phi0472.phi001.perseus-eng3:56.1-56.7

O risible matter (Cato!) and jocose,Digne of thy hearing, of thy sneering digne.Laugh (Cato!) an thou love Catullus thine;The thing is risible, nay, too jocose.Erstwhile I came upon a lad who a lassWas . . . and (so please it Dion!) IPierced him with stiffest staff and did him die.