Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. Wherefore as to thy writ :—"Verona's home for Catullus
  2. Bringeth him shame, for there men of superior mark
  3. Must on a deserted couch fain chafe their refrigerate limbs:"
  4. Such be no shame (Manius!): rather 'tis matter of ruth.