Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. That fulsome harlot makes me laughing-stock
  2. And she refuses at our prayer restore
  3. Our stolen Note-books, an such slights ye bear.
  4. Let us pursue her clamouring our demands.
  5. "Who's she?" ye question: yonder one ye sight
  6. Mincingly pacing mime-like, perfect pest,
  7. With jaws wide grinning like a Gallic pup.
  8. Stand all round her dunning with demands,