Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Add cleanness that aye cleanlier shows
  2. A bum than salt-pot cleanlier,
  3. Nor ten times cack'st in total year,
  4. And harder 'tis than pebble or bean
  5. Which rubbed in hand or crumbled, e'en
  6. On finger ne'er shall make unclean.