Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Wage any Wager thou be Sabine classed)
  2. But whether Sabine or of Tiburs truer
  3. To thy suburban Cottage fared I fain
  4. And fro' my bronchials drave that cursèd cough
  5. Which not unmerited on me my maw,
  6. A-seeking sumptuous banquetings, bestowed.
  7. For I requesting to be Sestius' guest
  8. Read against claimant Antius a speech,
  9. Full-filled with poisonous pestilential trash.
  10. Hence a grave frigid rheum and frequent cough
  11. Shook me till fled I to thy bosom, where