Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Rufa the Bolognese drains Rufule dry,
  2. (Wife to Menenius) she 'mid tombs you'll spy,
  3. The same a-snatching supper from the pyre
  4. Following the bread-loaves rolling forth the fire
  5. Till frapped by half-shaved body-burner's ire.