Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Richard, owning for self so many excellent things—
  2. Fish, fur, feather, all kinds, with prairie, corn-land, and ferals.
  3. All no good: for th' outgoing, income immensely exceeds.
  4. Therefore his grounds be rich own I, while he's but a pauper.
  5. Laud we thy land while thou lackest joyance thereof.
  1. Mentula! masterest thou some thirty acres of grassland