Carmina
Catullus
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.
- O of Juventian youths the flowret fair
- Not of these only, but of all that were
- Or shall be, coming in the coming years,
- Better waste Midas' wealth (to me appears)
- On him that owns nor slave nor money-chest
- Than thou shouldst suffer by his love possest.
- "What! is he vile or not fair?" "Yes!" I attest,