Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Our stolen Note-books, an such slights ye bear.
  2. Let us pursue her clamouring our demands.
  3. "Who's she?" ye question: yonder one ye sight
  4. Mincingly pacing mime-like, perfect pest,
  5. With jaws wide grinning like a Gallic pup.
  6. Stand all round her dunning with demands,
  7. "Return (O rotten whore!) our noting books.
  8. Our noting books (O rotten whore!) return!"