Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Digne of thy hearing, of thy sneering digne.
  2. Laugh (Cato!) an thou love Catullus thine;
  3. The thing is risible, nay, too jocose.
  4. Erstwhile I came upon a lad who a lass
  5. Was . . . and (so please it Dion!) I
  6. Pierced him with stiffest staff and did him die.
  1. Right well are paired these Cinaedes sans shame
  2. Mamurra and Caesar, both of pathic fame.