Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. What he himself, an he be or not be, wholly unknowing.
  2. Now would I willingly pitch such wight head first fro' thy bridge,
  3. Better a-sudden t'arouse that numskull's stolid old senses,
  4. Or in the sluggish mud his soul supine to deposit
  5. Even as she-mule casts iron shoe where quagmire is stiffest.
  1. This grove to thee devote I give, Priapus!
  2. Who home be Lampsacus and holt, Priapus!