Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Rich be the neighbour-hind and negligent eke his Priapus:
  2. Take what be his: this path hence leadeth straight to his ownings.
  1. I thuswise fashionèd by rustic art
  2. And from dried poplar-trunk (0 traveller!) hewn,
  3. This fieldlet, leftwards as thy glances fall,
  4. And my lord's cottage with his pauper garth
  5. Protect, repelling thieves' rapacious hands.