Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Bug, Spider, nor e'e n hearth aflame,
  2. Yet thine a sire and step-dame who
  3. Wi' tooth can ever flint-food chew!
  4. So thou, and pleasant happy life
  5. Lead wi' thy parents wooden wife.
  6. Nor be this marvel: hale are all,
  7. Well ye digest; no fears appal
  8. For household-arsons, heavy ruin,
  9. Plunderings impious, poison-brewin'
  10. Or other parlous case forlorn.
  11. Your frames are hard and dried like horn,