Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Thy brother, ready to compound such thefts
  2. E'en at a talent's cost; for he's a youth
  3. In speech past master and in fair pleasantries.
  4. Of hendecasyllabics hundreds three
  5. Therefore expect thou, or return forthright
  6. Linens whose loss affects me not for worth
  7. But as mementoes of a comrade mine.
  8. For napkins Saetaban from Ebro-land
  9. Fabúllus ent me a free giftie given
  10. Also Veránius: these perforce I love
  11. E'en as my Veraniólus and Fabúllus.