Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Wherefor so mighty wars were waged and won,
  2. Does sit in public here. Ye fain, rich wights,
  3. All woo her: thither too (the chief of slights !)
  4. All pitiful knaves and by-street wenchers fare,
  5. And thou, (than any worse), with hanging hair,
  6. In coney-breeding Celtiberia bred,
  7. Egnatius! bonnified by beard full-fed,
  8. And teeth with Spanish urine polishèd.
  1. Cornificius! 'Tis ill with thy Catullus,
  2. 'Tis ill (by Hercules) distressfully:
  3. Iller and iller every day and hour.