Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. The same who scribbles verse in amplest store—
  2. Methinks he fathers thousands ten or more
  3. Indited not as wont on palimpsest,
  4. But paper-royal, brand-new boards, and best
  5. Fresh bosses, crimson ribbands, sheets with lead
  6. Ruled, and with pumice-powder all well polished.