Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Wert Thou Corrupt Sabine Or A Tiburtine,
  2. Stuffed Umbrian or Tuscan overgrown
  3. Swarthy Lanuvian with his teeth-rows shown,
  4. Transpadan also, that mine own I touch,
  5. Or any washing teeth to shine o'er much,
  6. Yet thy incessant grin I would not see,
  7. For naught than laughter silly sillier be.
  8. Thou Celtiber art, in Celtiberia born,
  9. Where man who's urined therewith loves a-morn
  10. His teeth and ruddy gums to scour and score;
  11. So the more polisht are your teeth, the more
  12. Argue they sipping stale in ampler store.