Carmina
Catullus
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.
- How 'tis a sordid deed, a sorry jest.
- Dost misbelieve me? Trust to Pollio,
- Thy brother, ready to compound such thefts
- E'en at a talent's cost; for he's a youth
- In speech past master and in fair pleasantries.
- Of hendecasyllabics hundreds three
- Therefore expect thou, or return forthright
- Linens whose loss affects me not for worth
- But as mementoes of a comrade mine.
- For napkins Saetaban from Ebro-land
- Fabúllus ent me a free giftie given
- Also Veránius: these perforce I love
- E'en as my Veraniólus and Fabúllus.
- Thou'lt sup right well with me, Fabúllus mine,