Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Grins ever, everywhere. When placed a wight
  2. In dock, when pleader would draw tears, the while
  3. He grins. When pious son at funeral pile
  5. Mourns, or lone mother sobs for sole lost son,
  6. He grins. Whate'er, whene'er, howe'er is done,
  7. Of deed he grins. Such be his malady,
  8. Nor kind, nor courteous-so beseemeth me—
  9. Then take thou good Egnatius, rede of mine!
  10. Wert Thou Corrupt Sabine Or A Tiburtine,
  11. Stuffed Umbrian or Tuscan overgrown
  12. Swarthy Lanuvian with his teeth-rows shown,