Carmina
Catullus
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.
- ILL love my Ipsithilla sweetest,
- My desires and my Wit the meetest,
- So bid me join thy nap o' noon!
- Then (after bidding) add the boon
- Undraw thy threshold-bolt none dare,
- Lest thou be led afar to fare;
- Nay bide at home, for us prepare
- Nine-fold continuous love-delights.
- But aught do thou to hurry things,
- For dinner-full I lie aback,
- And gown and tunic through I crack.