Carmina

Catullus

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

  • Throw nuts to boys thou idle all
  • He-Concubine! wast fain full long
  • With nuts to play: now pleased as thrall
  • Be thou to swell Talasios' throng:
  • He-Concubine throw nuts.
  • Wont thou at peasant-girls to jape
  • He-whore! Thy Lord's delight the while: