Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Eke of Posthumius' loves and Cornelius too there be tattle,
  2. With whom dared the dame evil advowtry commit.
Quintus.
  1. Here might somebody ask :—" How, Door, hast mastered such matter?
  2. Thou that canst never avail threshold of owner to quit,
  3. Neither canst listen to folk since here fast fixt to the side-posts
  4. Only one office thou hast, shutting or opening the house."
Door.
  1. Oft have I heard our dame in furtive murmurs o'er telling,