Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Full told, forty of field soil; others are sized as the sea.
  2. Why may he not surpass in his riches any a Crœsus
  3. Who in his one domain owns such abundance of good,
  4. Grasslands, arable fields, vast woods and forest and marish
  5. Yonder to Boreal-bounds trenching on Ocean tide?
  6. Great are indeed all these, but thou by far be the greatest,
  7. Never a man, but a great Mentula of menacing might.
  1. Seeking often in mind with spirit eager of study
  2. How I could send thee songs chaunted of Battiadés,
  3. So thou be softened to us, nor any attempting thou venture