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
  12. On nape of neck had ever borne!)
  13. Then she, as pathic piece became,
  14. "Prithee Catullus mine, those same
  15. Lend me, Serapis-wards I'd hie." ---