Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Nor privately; for nigh thou com'st and jestest
  2. And to his side close-sticking all things questest.
  3. 'Tis vain: while lay'st thou snares for me the worst,
  4. By . . . . I will teach thee first.
  5. An food-full thus do thou, my peace I'd keep:
  6. But what (ah me ! ah me !) compels me weep
  7. Are thirst and famine to my dearling fated.
  8. Cease thou so doing while as modest rated,
  9. Lest to thy will thou win—but . . . .
  1. Varus, yon wight Suffenus known to thee
  2. Fairly for wit, free talk, urbanity,
  3. The same who scribbles verse in amplest store—