Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. And fro' my bronchials drave that cursèd cough
  2. Which not unmerited on me my maw,
  3. A-seeking sumptuous banquetings, bestowed.
  4. For I requesting to be Sestius' guest
  5. Read against claimant Antius a speech,
  6. Full-filled with poisonous pestilential trash.
  7. Hence a grave frigid rheum and frequent cough
  8. Shook me till fled I to thy bosom, where
  9. Repose and nettle-broth healed all my ills.
  10. Wherefore recruited now best thanks I give
  11. To thee for nowise punishing my sins:
  12. Nor do I now object if noisome writs