Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Of deed he grins. Such be his malady,
  2. Nor kind, nor courteous-so beseemeth me—
  3. Then take thou good Egnatius, rede of mine!
  4. Wert Thou Corrupt Sabine Or A Tiburtine,
  5. Stuffed Umbrian or Tuscan overgrown
  6. Swarthy Lanuvian with his teeth-rows shown,
  7. Transpadan also, that mine own I touch,
  8. Or any washing teeth to shine o'er much,
  9. Yet thy incessant grin I would not see,
  10. For naught than laughter silly sillier be.
  11. Thou Celtiber art, in Celtiberia born,