Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Or shall be, coming in the coming years,
  2. Better waste Midas' wealth (to me appears)
  3. On him that owns nor slave nor money-chest
  4. Than thou shouldst suffer by his love possest.
  5. "What! is he vile or not fair?" "Yes!" I attest,
  6. "Yet owns this man so comely neither slaves nor chest