Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Now would I willingly pitch such wight head first fro' thy bridge,
  2. Better a-sudden t'arouse that numskull's stolid old senses,
  3. Or in the sluggish mud his soul supine to deposit
  4. Even as she-mule casts iron shoe where quagmire is stiffest.