Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. For that, oft as he . . . , so oft that penance be two-fold;
  2. Stifles her stench of goat, he too is kilt by his gout.
  1. Wont thou to vaunt whilòme of, knowing only Catullus
  2. (Lesbia!) nor to prefer Jupiter's self to myself.
  3. Then, too, I loved thee well, not as vulgar wretch his mistress
  4. But as a father his sons loves and his sons by the law.
  5. Now have I learnt thee aright; wherefor though burn I the hotter,
  6. Lighter and viler by far thou unto me hast become.