Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Straight; and merits as these readily thus I confess,
  2. But that she is beauteous all I deny, for nothing of lovesome,
  3. Never a grain of salt, shows in her person so large.
  4. Lesbia beautiful seems, and when all over she's fairest,
  5. Any Venus-gift stole she from every one.