Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Litter thou boughtest ?" I to her
  2. To seem but richer, wealthier,
  3. Cry, "Nay, with me 'twas not so ill
  4. That, given the Province suffered, still
  5. Eight stiff-backed loons I could not buy.'
  6. (Withal none here nor there owned I
  7. Who broken leg of Couch outworn
  8. On nape of neck had ever borne!)
  9. Then she, as pathic piece became,
  10. "Prithee Catullus mine, those same
  11. Lend me, Serapis-wards I'd hie." ---
  12. "Easy, on no-wise, no," quoth I,
  13. "Whate'er was mine, I lately said
  14. Is some mistake, my camarade