Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Rufus, trusted as friend by me, so fruitlessly, vainly,
  2. (Vainly? nay to my bane and at a ruinous price!)
  3. Hast thou cajoled me thus, and enfiring innermost vitals,
  4. Ravished the whole of our good own'd by wretchedest me?