Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. She though never she bide with one Catullus contented,
  2. Yet will I bear with the rare thefts of my dame the discreet,
  3. Lest over-irk I give which still of fools is the fashion.
  4. Often did Juno eke Queen of the Heavenly host
  5. Boil wi' the rabidest rage at dire default of a husband
  6. Learning the manifold thefts of her omnivolent Jove,
  7. Yet with the Gods mankind 'tis nowise righteous to liken,
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  9. Rid me of graceless task fit for a tremulous sire.
  10. Yet was she never to me by hand paternal committed
  11. Whenas she came to my house reeking Assyrian scents;