Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. My love, my dearling, fain art thou to strum.
  2. Nor privately; for nigh thou com'st and jestest
  3. And to his side close-sticking all things questest.
  4. 'Tis vain: while lay'st thou snares for me the worst,
  5. By . . . . I will teach thee first.
  6. An food-full thus do thou, my peace I'd keep: