Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. My desires and my Wit the meetest,
  2. So bid me join thy nap o' noon!
  3. Then (after bidding) add the boon
  4. Undraw thy threshold-bolt none dare,
  5. Lest thou be led afar to fare;
  6. Nay bide at home, for us prepare
  7. Nine-fold continuous love-delights.
  8. But aught do thou to hurry things,
  9. For dinner-full I lie aback,
  10. And gown and tunic through I crack.
  1. OH, best of robbers who in Baths delight,
  2. Vibennius, sire and son, the Ingle hight,
  3. (For that the father's hand be fouler one
  4. And with his anus greedier is the Son)
  5. Why not to banishment and evil hours
  6. Haste ye, when all the parent's plundering powers
  7. Are public knowledge, nor canst gain a Cent
  8. Son! by the vending of thy pilèd vent.
  1. Diana's faith inbred we bear
  2. Youths whole of heart and maidens fair,