Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Tell us where haply dwell'st thou, speak outright,
  2. Be bold and risk it, trusting truth to light,
  3. Say do these milk-white girls thy Steps detain?
  4. If aye in tight-sealed lips thy tongue remain,
  5. All Amor's fruitage thou shalt cast away:
  6. Verbose is Venus, loving verbal play!
  7. But, an it please thee, padlockt palate bear,
  8. So in your friendship I have partner-share.
  1. O risible matter (Cato!) and jocose,
  2. Digne of thy hearing, of thy sneering digne.