Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Great th'art (Naso!) as man, nor like thee many in greatness
  2. Lower themselves (Naso!): great be thou, pathic to boot.
  1. Pompey first being chosen Consul, twofold (O Cinna!)
  2. Men for amours were famed: also when chosen again
  3. Two they remained; but now is each one grown to a thousand
  4. Gallants:—fecundate aye springeth adultery's seed.
  1. For yon Firmian domain not falsely Mentula hight is
  2. Richard, owning for self so many excellent things—