Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. By suns and frosts and hunger-throe.
  2. Then why not happy as thou'rt hale?
  3. Sweat's strange to thee, spit fails, and fail
  4. Phlegm and foul snivel from the nose.
  5. Add cleanness that aye cleanlier shows
  6. A bum than salt-pot cleanlier,
  7. Nor ten times cack'st in total year,