Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Yet it is so declared (Quintus!) by fable of folk;
  2. Who, whenever they find things done no better than should be,
  3. Come to me outcrying all:—"Door, the default is thine own!"
Quintus.
  1. This be never enough for thee one-worded to utter,
  2. But in such way to deal, each and all sense it and see.