Carmina

Catullus

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

  1. When any ventured aught wanton in word or in deed.
  2. Lest to him chance such befall, his uncle's consort seduced he,
  3. And of his uncle himself fashioned an Harpocrates.
  4. What so he willed did he; and nowdays albe his uncle