Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. For pious poet it behoves be chaste
  2. Himself; no chastity his verses need;
  3. Nay, gain they finally more salt of wit
  4. When over softy and of scanty shame,
  5. Apt for exciting somewhat prurient,
  6. In boys, I say not, but in bearded men