Carmina

Catullus

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.

  1. The more when ruled by---
  2. Praetor, as pile the Cohort rating."
  3. Quoth they, "But certes as 'twas there
  4. The custom rose, some men to bear
  5. Litter thou boughtest ?" I to her
  6. To seem but richer, wealthier,
  7. Cry, "Nay, with me 'twas not so ill
  8. That, given the Province suffered, still
  9. Eight stiff-backed loons I could not buy.'
  10. (Withal none here nor there owned I
  11. Who broken leg of Couch outworn