Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Ruled, and with pumice-powder all well polished.
  2. These as thou readest, seem that fine, urbane
  3. Suffenus, goat-herd mere, or ditcher-swain
  4. Once more, such horrid change is there, so vile.
  5. What must we wot thereof? a Droll erst while,
  6. Or (if aught) cleverer, he with converse meets,